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August 28, 2008

At least the crooks are dressing nicer ...

I love reading police blotters. The Baltimore Sun's Richard Irwin has turned it into an art form and one of the most popular items in the newspaper, online or in print.

Paging through the most recent Baltimore Guide that landed on my doorstep yesterday, I found three items in the "Crime Scene" column I just couldn't pass up. They're listed one after the other (if by design, genious, if not, then dumb luck). Either way, they made me smile:

1200 block W. Pratt St., Tuesday, Aug. 19, 6:20 p.m.: A man was arrested and charged with shoplifting fabric softener and air freshener.

2700 block Port Covington Dr., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 11:20 a.m.: A woman was arrested for shoplifting clothes.

800 block E. Fort Ave., Thursday, Aug. 21, 4:50 p.m.: A man was arrested and charged with stealing 33 ties from a store.

These came at the end of a long list of aggravated assaults, burlaries and robberies compiled by Jacqueline Watts. But the headline writer at the Guide got it right: "Man charged with shoplifting 33 ties."

Got my attention.

  

 

 

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About Peter Hermann
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.

Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.

Contributing to this blog is Justin Fenton, who joined The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting. A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the City Paper in 2010 and by Baltimore Magazine in 2011.
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