Wednesday, December 1, 2010

15-year-old killed

Reports Fox: "Police say the victim of a deadly shooting in southwest Baltimore earlier this evening was a 15-year-old boy. The teen died at Shock Trauma after he was shot multiple times at S. Payson and W. Pratt Streets. Detectives have no suspect or motive at this time."

Last of the 28 Tree Top Piru defendants plead guilty to conspiracy to distribute the crack

Bad boys, bad boys...

A member of the Jewish neighborhood watch group Shomrim is accused of attacking a 15-year-old and breaking his wrist

Last week's five murders in the Ink, including the guy who stabbed his brother to death on Thanksgiving

"Poor man's Puffy" and others indicted in scheme to ship "hundreds of pounds of cocaine on chartered jets from Los Angeles to Baltimore."

BPD unravel the case of stolen metal worth $2.6 million

Fenton: why was Pippi Longstocking (aka Franklin Gross Sr.) out of jail?

Video-poker executive-cum-developer John Vontran -- owner of the much-torched Seagram's distillery-- forced to liquidate

Pizza-shop owner fights off gun-toting robber with a spatula, and JZ has the high-larious video

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Demons and Spirits

Stephen Todd Nelson, who claimed "demons" forced him to throw his 3-year-old son off the Key Bridge, dropped his NCR plea to plead guilty today to second-degree murder and child abuse resulting in death.

Man who shot uniformed city officer on Calvert St sports adorable Pippi-Longstockingesque pigtails

Twin brothers in custody for shooting a dancer and her swain near the Block

You have until 5 p.m. Thursday to stock up/savor the flavor of "prison wine made from Fruity Pebbles."

and County police want to know who keeps setting fire to the Seagrams plant

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Thanksgiving Weekend Crime Recap

The Sun gives more details on the weekend running gun battle on a busy city street that left a City police officer in critical condition.

The Grinch struck a little early this year, when scowling sexagenarian Harry Patterson Jr. decided to stab his younger brother in the neck on Thanksgiving day. His younger brother, ID'd as Robin Patterson age 51, was stabbed while trying to intervene in a fight between Harry and his wife.

One man is in custody and three are in the hospital after a triple shooting outside an Odenton bar.

The hunt is on for a Wicomico County teen accused of firing shots at police.

Two more Homicide victims have been identified. Patrick Dolan, 19, who was stabbed at the 3500 block of Juneway during a suspected robbery attempt, and Davon Douglas, 28, also stabbed, at the 1800 block of Eagle St. on Wednesday.

Finally, the MD USDOJ released their annual Criminal Prosecution Totals showing a sharp rise in prosecutions this year.

Officer shot on North Calvert Street

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

201 & 202


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Tweets the BPD: "‎1839 EAGLE ST,ADULT MALE STABBED IN THE NECK WAS TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA AND PRONOUNCED." (Dead, one assumes)

Patrols stepped up in the SW


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and HOMICIDE, 4406 PLAINFIELD, ADULT MALE STRUCK WITH BLUNT OBJECT IN HEAD. HOMICIDE HANDLINIG

and SHOOTING, 601 N BROADWAY, ADULT MALE WALK IN AT HOPKINS.

and SHOOTING/1500 N. ELLAMONT ST: ADULT MALE SHOT SEVERAL TIMES IN THE CHEST, VICTIM TRANSPORTED TO SHOCK TRAUMA.

and STABBING - 3500 JUNEWAY ADULT MALE STABBED. HOMICIDE NOTIFIED

and another victim added to the tally this week, Wilbur Street, 52

Judges declare days leading up to holiday "Misdemeanor Blast." Whee!

Van Smith: Federal prosecutions in MD reach all-time high

Lots of questions after three-time drunk driver Carl O. Snowden, current director of the civil rights office in the state attorney general's office, gets yet another peanut butter & jelly. Snowden also made headlines when his son Kojo Lummuba Malik was arrested for gun and drug charges.

Bernstein to Jessamy staff: Beat it

Writes our former friend Joe Sviatko:
"Thought you would like to know that my last day in the SAO is January 3, 2011. Your SA-Elect has told me there is no place for me in his administration. ... HR woman gone. Financial guy retired. Deputies gone. Joe and Marty gone. Should be fun for continuity. But he won thanks to you. :) Good luck! No more Joe and Marty to kick around."

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Do Not Call

The "Do Not Call" list may soon be tossed, according to new SA Greg Bernstein.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Lunch with the Federalists

The Federalist Society is hosting a lunch chat at noon December 7: "a panel discussion on the First Amendment and how it is coming into conflict with a nationwide trend towards mandating pregnancy clinics to disclose their policies on abortion and birth control." For more info see flier here.

"Blood on the door-- that's a sign something's bad behind it."

Three homicides this weekend:
Carlton Sellman, 19, shot in the stomach on Route 40 near Swann Avenue

Correctional officer Sheron/Sharon Jones, 28, shot in the 1700 block of Aisquith Street. Blood on the door of a suspect's home led to a SWAT-team swoop-in at the Coldspring Station apartments, but turns out the blood may be linked to a different homicide. Reckons the Dooce's Jamie Costello: "Blood on the door-- that's a sign something's bad behind it."

Jerry Thomas, 29, 1500 block of Poplar Grove Road

Saturday, November 20, 2010

West side stories

"Three men shot, one fatally, in West Baltimore"

The Deuce has a new Cold Case feature, employing handwriting and typewriter fonts to tell the tale of Jennifer Claybrook, killed at age 15 in 1983.

a 16-year-old stabbed in the back at Douglass High yesterday

"Juveniles arrested in Remington, Charles Village carjackings"-- how pissed would you be to get jacked by some teenager while you're coming home from work?

CCBC to veteran: it's cool to go kill Iraqis, but it's not cool to like it.

PBJ for officer who shot Bear-Bear the husky

Friday, November 19, 2010

Remember this totally awesome family?

The first verdict in the Towson Hess station murder of William Porter-- a guilty verdict for the victim's sister in law for using a handgun in a crime of violence and of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. The County intends to seek the death penalty against Porter's wife Karla and the gunman, Walter Bishop.

A box, a ring and one crazy-booting byatch

An 8-year-old boy survives parents' murder-suicide in Randallstown

Missing man found in a box on route 70, and police are looking for a grey minivan with the license plate "PALNCIA"

Dogfighting ring busted on the West side

The Baltimore Guide is publishing a blotter, with tidbits such as: "A street fight broke out, and a woman stabbed another woman in the right leg, stabbed a man in the back, struck another woman with her boot, punched a fourth woman and stabbed a fifth."

Baltimore county circuit court gets a new place for eff-up parents to visit their kids

Daily Record editorial: "Mr. Bernstein must tread carefully and respectfully as a white lawyer"

Today in bullcrap:
Five years for Hagtown bridal-veil breakin

justice for Bear Bear!!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Roland Park Car Fire

Reports SpotCrime,
On Tuesday night, November 16, at 11:45 PM persons unknown set ablaze a stolen car in the 200 block of Oakdale.  Some form of incendiary was apparently used as the car was engulfed in a ball of orange flame and then began to roll downhill.  The crew of Baltimore Fire Department Engine 44 were on the scene within 2 minutes of the 911 call, and quickly doused the flames before anyone was hurt or further property damage was inflicted.

Everything but the Kitchen Sink...

A Mitchellville drug dealer received a 10-year sentence after being arrested with, but not limited to: Cocaine, Crack, a Loaded .38, a Scale, Pyrex Cups, Ziploc® Bags, Boxes of Baking Soda, a Stolen .22, a Semi-Auto .45, a Bulletproof Vest, 35 grand, Assorted Ammunition, Weed, and Two Counterfeit $100 Bills.

An Unidentified 20 year old was shot to death Wednesday afternoon.

A Baltimore DJ was indicted in L.A. for his role in massive L.A.-to-Baltimore drug trafficking operation.

The sun tells a bleak story of a Baltimore resident getting doubly screwed over by Baltimore's criminals, and then Baltimore's criminally obnoxious parking officials.

Mostly a crime against taste-buds, but Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot announced the discontinuation of alcoholic energy drinks.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Put it in your bra...

Homeless man arrested for stabbing his teenage nephew, David Lawrence Hopkins, to death.

And in the city another teenager was shot in the stomach near St. Paul and Lexington streets, right next to the courthouse.

The man killed on West Baltimore St. ID'd as Sherrod Mason, and WBAL has more on the violent weekend

Admitted baby-killer Tanea Bullock resentenced.. to the same sentence, but at Patuxent.

Also horribly depressing: Erie PA murder victim ID'd as former Reisterstown resident Jamie Malanowski.

Car windows shot out at Loch Raven reservoir

"Need for pro bono legal services rises as economy sags"

... It's not Baltimore, but who can resist the goofy appeal of the Jack Johnson story -- even Jayne Miller's trying not to laugh as she says "'put it in your bra'." Now three police officers have been arrested, buttlegging and booze-tax evasion is somehow involved, and the story has 'musical theater' written all over it ("Put it in your bra.. in your motherscratchin' bra... or you can flush it down... just don't leave it lyin' round...") Question though: why was Jack Johnson being pursued by the Feds, but Sheila Dixon was charged by the state? And how can this motherflusher be back at work today?

Illegal dirt bike riding next B-more cultural export?

Riding dirt bikes in the city not a crime but an an art form, says a newly formed group of riders called Raise It Up.

Sunday, November 14, 2010

The bodies of Leakin Park

Cham maps all of the bodies found in Leakin Park since 1946-- 57 of them.

And another homicide-- a 34-year-old man was shot to death at about 2 a.m. Saturday in the 1900 block of W. Baltimore St.

and some good news! The high-school dropout rate and juvie-crime rate are down

A vigil tonight for murdered tow truck driver Andy Joyce

armed robbery at Loyola parking lot

A stabbing at the Arundel Mills Mall food court

The Feds were not amused by Nick's Amusements' money laundering, company to pay $50,000 fine

News of the weird: Catholic church holds exorcism conference in town. "Not everyone who thinks they need an exorcism actually does need one."