Weather doesn't curb crime
If you thought the blizzard-like storm and the record-breaking snow accumulation, which made it pretty terrible to get around in even by foot, might curb crime and give police a brief respite as 2009 comes to a close, you were wrong. A man was fatally stabbed to death late Friday as the snow began to fall, and at least four people were shot Sunday evening and night as icy conditions set in. We're chasing leads on a few incidents and will update ASAP.
UPDATE: What an understatement when I posted this morning. Here's the roundup:
-Clifford Williams, a 22-year-old Army solider on Christmas leave from Afghanistan , was fatally shot in Southwest Baltimore as he and his wife returned from buying groceries late Sunday. He would have turned 23 Dec. 26.
-Shock in Canton as a 26-year-old woman is raped and her throat slashed by a man who she had just paid to shovel her sidewalk.
-And you may have noticed that the location where a man was stabbed Friday is the same block as the Great Blacks in Wax Museum. Turns out the victim was attending a youth party held by the Baltimore Christian Warriors when he was stabbed during a fight.
Homicides are at 228 and counting as 2009 comes to a close.
Comments
How come the police record of the scumbag who raped and brutally assaulted the woman in Canton wasn't mentioned in any news reports I've read in the Sun or heard on TV? The link below is from the news reports in the Virginia area where this worthless punk lived.
http://www.rrecord.com/brk_12-21-09-rape.asp
Very nice of the parole officer to let him come to Baltimore for Christmas. When judges, lawyers and parole officers start getting held accountable for letting violent thug punks back out on the streets, only then will this stop. There also should be gun carry permits for citizens of Baltimore because it's obvious the plethora of laws on the books aren't working. Since the liberal minds never go to the source of the problem in dealing with anything, maybe we should ban snow shovels too.
CrimeDog, as you probably know, we often list the criminal pasts of those we are writing about, but I couldn't find anything on this guy. We can search Maryland crime records with ease, but I'm less well-versed in Virginia court records and whether they're accessible online. And as you know, there were a quite a few other horrific crimes that I had to get to today as well. I plan on attending Vaughan's bail review tomorrow and will update based on what I hear there. -Justin
Posted by: CrimeDog | December 21, 2009 7:10 PM