what was this lodge in bolton hill?

gg: thanks for the note. I referenced this in a previous blog -- it's Hiram Grand at 1207 Eutaw Place

If you want to know why someone was shot at the corner of Lombard and Eutaw, you might want to find out exactly what two establishments are located on that corner and then find out if they have been an ongoing problem or not. Especially AFTER the "bars" have supposedly closed.

I lived in The Redwood at the corner of Eutaw and Redwood for two years during my time at UM Law. This is about the least surprising thing I've read to come out of Baltimore in a long time, and really was only a matter of time. Those of us who lived in this block of Eutaw were always shocked at the total lack of police enforcement of the rowdy, obscene, and violent crowds who would pour out of The Upper Deck Bar and The Goddess Strip Club on all nights of the week. They would scream at each other and fight in the street at all hours of the night. Calls to 311 routinely took an hour to respond. All of this a block from the Marriott Inner Harbor and a block from the Hippodrome. No, not surprising at all. Only surprising that it took this much time to happen. Maybe FINALLY now the police will pay this area some attention.

Crime is down in the city? Who are they kidding? We held my daughters wedding this past weekend at the 1840's Ballroom, on Front Street near President and Lombard streets. Two thirds of the way through the event on Friday evening. Someone took advantage of families celebrating and having a great time, by taking an opportunity to STEAL the young couples wedding card box. Besides putting a damper on the latter part of the reception AND BRINGING TEARS TO THE EYES OF THE BRIDE on what should have been an all out wonderful day, the police were phoned three times to report the incident and seek help. They never showed up until hours after the event was over, when the family and guests were well on their way home. Don't tell me crime is on its way downward in this city, it's just not true! Our culture has just thrown away both decency and respect for others. To me, America is broken!

But, as a family we are blessed! Everything about that wedding day was beautiful. The weather was great, the church ceremony was so full of love, and all that came to the reception were there to celebrate the joy and love of this young couple! Smiles abounded, hearts were warmed, peopled showed their love. They may have stolen some gifts or money, but they can't take away the beauty and joy of my daughter and her new husband's special day,nor the blessings felt by all the friends and families that were such a big part of it! That, no man can steal or take away from this brides' father!

Larry - I would usually agree with some of your outrage, but you can't substitute anger about a near lawless city for lack of common sense. Seriously? I can see you being peeved if someone was carrying the wedding box and was held up (I hope I didn't just give criminals a new idea!) or it was stolen out of a car.

But was someone watching the wedding box? Was it located in a spot that couldn't be watched 100% of the time while everyone was having a good time. And I'm sure that there were checks in there. Find out who wrote them and there is likely a way to locate the people who stole them.

I was at a wedding at a private club in a very posh part of Philadelphia and even they didn't let the wedding box out of people's sights!

The young man was a co-worker of mine and it was a total shock to everyone around here upon hearing the news he was murdered last night.I don`t know what happened but what I know of the person I saw everyday was that he was responsible,dependable and just providing a better life for his family.The same as all of us.

omg a shooting in baltimore, wow. Maybe if we did something like LOCK PEOPLE UP who break laws we get somewhere in stopping this crap. Guys, build more prisons and keep a man alive for no more than 1000$ a year. No more of this Sheriton Prison with welfare assistance crap that makes it cost alot either. Build more prisons, lock people up longer, and treat them like criminals and you will see crime lower dramaticaly. I'll even donate 10000$ for a prison in my name to be built by those affected the hardest by criminals.

Yup... as I suspected. It was the Upper Deck Bar and Grill, which is the only carryout restaurant in the area and the victim reportedly was leaving a carryout restaurant. See above for my personal story of living across Eutaw form the Upper Deck for two years and my futile attempts to call 311 for persistent screams and fights from 2am-4am nearly every morning.

Jeremy's dead on (pun intended). Why the city won't shut that place down is beyond me. And I think the Sun does a disservice to the City by implying that this had anything to do with, or has any impact on the safety of, Camden Yards. When that guy drowned his three kids at the Marriott, did the headlines say "Man kills three children near Camden Yards"???

A young couple who held their wedding reception at the 1840"s ballroom in downtown Baltimore, were recently robbed of their wedding gifts of money and checks. My feeling is the Ballroom should stand accountable because they are the ones who placed the gift table near a exit door and failed to inform my granddaughter to take some precautions during the wedding. She is young and trusting and they have been in business long enough that this type of issue should have been covered by the staff member who took care of their wedding. She was told and it is in one of their advertisments that someone from the ballroom would be on duty that day. Assuming these people knew all the ins and outs of receptions, she just thought the place where the Ballroom placed the table would be in a more secure area.

One of the biggest issues is not necessarily with the police, but rather the prosecutors and the judicial system itself. By the time these offenders reach a courtroom, their charges have many times been reduced to the point that any convictions are meaningless. The criminals know this. They have no fear of the police because spending a night in lockup is no big deal to them, and they have no fear or respect for the law because they realize everything will be plea bargained away.

It is time to prosecute every crime as if the victim was a high-ranking government official.

I think we should execute all convicted felons (one strike, not three) within 30 days of their conviction. Make the punishment for all felony-level crimes death by firing squad. That way, you can save jail space for just those that are convicted of a misdemeanor, and the death penalty can be a real deterrent, unlike jail and its high recidivism rate. Criminals would be deterred, a LOT of money could be saved and channeled into education, health care, etc., and the non-criminals of the city (i.e. the bulk of the citizens) would feel much safer.