tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-103255962008-07-04T16:25:20.999-04:00MJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143777490997450728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1621125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-55922861312747573372008-07-04T12:21:00.005-04:002008-07-04T16:25:21.032-04:00

A triple last night in the 1600 block of East Federal Street. Everybody lived! A 15-year-old was shot in the ankle yesterday in Govans. As galt reported in comments, attempted murderer Calvin Boswell was released from jail by accident, a day after his conviction! WTF?! "At least four people were injured in a brawl involving golf clubs and baseball bats at an Abingdon elementary school

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Luke B. brings out the June homicide recap. It's nice to know that Bealefeld's pissed. Makes me like the guy even more. WTF? The dude who murdered Brandon Allen was the same guy who almost got killed by the man Allen was testifying against. This city is fucking insane sometimes. In the "better late than never" department, the Sun finally got around to writing about murder victim Chicas Santiago

taotechuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-13448675872962388492008-07-02T20:32:00.007-04:002008-07-02T23:23:35.736-04:00

The CP reports that retiring police officers are not paid earned comp time when they retire unless they sign a highly unusual and very broad gag order. ... also, the CP has more on the wild world of bail bonds. Need a laff? Enjoy "Carroll Park fitness trail symbols redux."

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The Baltimore City Grand Jury has indicted Jeanine Blackwell, 34, of the 300 block of S. Monroe Street on charges of murder and child abuse resulting in death. Court documents allege on March 9, 2008 Jeanine Blackwell was responsible for the death of her newborn son, delivered in the toilet of a home in the 300 block of S. Monroe Street and was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. An

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Three murders and a whole bunch of follow-ups in the Ink. This is the first I've heard about the beating death of Chicas Santiago in the 2600 block of Baltimore St., next to Patterson Park. There was a shooting Monday night on Mosher and N. Calhoun, and a kid near Druid Hill Park acted like a dick to the wrong homeless man. Should it really be this easy to escape from custody? "After getting

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tonight's Larry King is "Women Behind Bars" at MD's women's correctional facility in Jessup, and features Felicia "snoop" Pearson. Scary stats: Warden Brenda Shell says 35% of inmates are on psychotropic meds, and the recidividism rate is @45%. Also, the fish is a little dry. Q: the women kept saying "there is no self-defense law in Maryland." What do they mean by that? CNN also covers the

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Janis: Four prostitutes strangled since April, nine unsolved strangulations of women since '03, but police do not believe there's link between the cases. As readers may recall, police also publicly denied a link when old people were being robbed and killed in 2005; the crimes turned out to be the work of serial killer Raymont Hopewell. Considering how unusual and labor-intensive strangulation is

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No post today, so kindly stick your news links where the sun don't shine. Y'know, in the comments section. Thanks, y'all.

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Melody Simmons: "Baltimore's Gangs Battle for Turf and Power" (Love the illustration! Meow!) There's also one of those fun "ask some jackass on the street" features. Starting today, you have to put your kids who're younger than 8 in a booster seat (unless they're extra big and fat). You also have to remove them and take them with you while you go shopping. La migra están en el condado del Anne

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The Examiner and the Sun offer up more stories on Nicole Sesker's murder. Janis also takes a look at the neighborhood where Nicole died, and writes about the human side of the woman who was murdered. This is yet another crazy story that, for some inexplicable reason, got virtually no meaningful coverage. Back in early May, you might recall a couple of fact-light stories about a teenager who was

taotechuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-52487354487535803322008-06-29T19:28:00.006-04:002008-06-30T00:42:10.633-04:00

What's up with the way-down murder rate? Annals of unsmartitude: Baltimore Raven Derrick Martin took his stash to the Cleveland airport. Rodricks: "Behind drugs, stories of pain"

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From Ms. Burns @ the SA's office:At a sentencing hearing Friday, June 27, Judge Lynn Stewart sentenced Alton Teel, 44, of the 3700 block of Bonview Ave. to life in prison and a consecutive 20-year sentence for a handgun charge. The sentence will run consecutive to any sentence Teel receives following a violation of probation hearing that is pending. A Baltimore jury convicted Teel on April 14,

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Nicole Sesker, 38, former police commissioner Leonard Hamm's stepdaughter, was found strangled to death in West Baltimore. Here's a link to the 2005 NYT story about her. She was the second prostitute to be killed in the city this week.

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A woman was shot yesterday afternoon in Park Heights, a man was shot Wednesday night on N. Broadway, and a man was cut as he tried to break up a catfight on Tuesday morning. An AAC cop claims he got demoted and ridiculed because he reported a crazy-ass stalker co-worker. Wow. Young men with guns kill each other. Who'd'a thought? Not a lot of crime in today's news, but there's a whole lot of

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Woodlawn apartment manager Milton John Barnes III might have gotten killed for trying to make his complex a better place to live. Remains that might be human were found near Rocks State Park in HarCo. A woman who claims she was sexually assaulted while receiving dialysis has come forward because it's been a year since she filed charges and nobody has been arrested. Police are seeking McClayton

taotechuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18275520227023393969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-41296754205699710142008-06-25T22:26:00.006-04:002008-06-26T10:37:04.751-04:00

Blogger AngerHangover has identified murder victim #101 as Amanda Marie Bishop, age 22.

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No time for a proper post today, so please add articles to the comments. A few quick ones, though: Annie Linskey wrote a story about the Druid Heights neighborhood where two murders occurred on the same block, and don't forget to read about nine (!) murders in this week's Ink. (Also, don't forget Murders Revisited, which I again forgot to link to last Friday.)

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More on the 14th police-involved shooting of the year, that of armed & retarded Bryant Worrell. The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court said the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Here's the answer

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The year's latest murder victim is a 41-year-old man who was killed at 2:30 this morning in the 1700 block of Abbotston Rd., just down the street from Clifton Park. Gus Sentementes reports that this is the fourth killing in CHUM this year, compared to five for all of last year. There are a bunch of stories on the killings that occurred over the weekend. Well, there are a ton of stories on the

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From your friendly SA's office: A Baltimore City jury convicted Randy Golden, 19, of the 3600 block of St. Victor Street today of first-degree murder, use of a handgun in the commission of a crime of violence, wear/carry/transport a handgun. The jury deliberated approximately two hours before reaching its verdict. Judge Timothy J. Doory scheduled sentencing for June 24, 2008 at which time Golden

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Ugh. Five murders since Friday. Let's see if I can sort it out.On Friday night, Keyva Bluitt was shot inside a blue Toyota then pushed out of the car in the 800 block of Battery Ave. in Federal Hill.Marcus Caldwell's mom found her son's body in the driver's seat of a minivan early Sunday morning in the 3200 block of Sequoia Ave.The body of a tattooed white woman was found by a Pigtown jogger just

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... reports WBAL, though that's still 45 fewer murders than this time last year. Two victims were in Federal Hill, one of them was Keyva Bluitt, 35, dumped on Battery Ave. Another was 23-year-old Marcus Caldwell, found last night dead in a minivan. Still trying to figure out who the others were; some victims were probably fatalities from last week's 22 shootings. Fortunately Ditkoff's on it! ..

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Colin at Spotcrime.com reports an incredible 22 shootings in the area in the past 7 days!

MJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12143777490997450728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10325596.post-45832018882323836572008-06-20T10:20:00.001-04:002008-06-20T10:22:10.408-04:00

32-year-old Donta Gregory was shot and killed on a Remington street corner last night. According to yesterday's comments, Gregory "had an extensive rap sheet and was a defendant in six paternity cases." I don't know whether or not that's true, but if it's on the World Wide Internets, it's good enough for me! (Thanks, Mr. Meph.) The same link above lists two other shootings last night, both

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A woman who is pregnant with twins was shot in a car on N. Mount St. on Tuesday night when a gunman fired at her boyfriend and missed. Also in today's Blotter, a 44-year-old man got whacked on the head after trying to steal some heroin from a teenage dealer. Bryant Worrell's family continues to dispute the BPD's story of why Worrell was killed in a police-involved shooting. Murder victim #95

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