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.







