MICA student attacked
The Maryland Institute College of Art in Bolton Hill put out this campus alert Monday evening:
At approximately 11:15 p.m. on Saturday 5/1/2010 a MICA student was walking on the 200 block of West Lanvale Street when she passed two unknown males that asked her for the time. They began following her and after quickly closing the distance they held her against a wall, struck her, showed a handgun and tried to pull her bag away. Her calls for help were answered by neighbors that came out to investigate thereby causing the suspects to flee. Baltimore City Police and Campus Safety responded quickly and searched the area. Suspects have not been apprehended in this incident.
Suspects were described as:
Male, Black (light completion), late twenties in age, 6’ tall, slender build, wearing a dark brown hoody with blue stripes, light blue jeans and white sneakers.
Male, Black, late twenties in age, 5’6”, wearing a dark colored hoody with yellow circular text on the front and blue jeans.
Baltimore City Police are investigating the incident and will deploy more patrols to the area. Campus Safety will be increasing deployment to this area during evening hours. Campus Safety Patrol officers and Police-Eagle patrols will be on foot, bike, motorized and Segway patrol.
• Don’t allow strangers to approach or follow you on the street. If asked to stop or talk – keep moving away while you listen and watch to size up the situation. If you sense that someone may be following or moving toward you, abruptly change direction several times while moving quickly toward a safe public area or place where you know assistance will be available. You will see how the person responds, and by moving toward a place where assistance is available, you will be that much closer to help if you decide escape is necessary.
• Be extra cautious whenever outside – night and day. Always be alert to your immediate surroundings and keep track of who is in front and behind you. Be especially vigilant in the evening and on weekends when there is less pedestrian traffic in Bolton Hill and on campus.
• Avoid isolated areas and walking alone; use the evening shuttle 5:00 pm - 7:00 am (last call at 6:40 am).
• Report suspicious persons parked, hanging around or walking through your neighborhood to Baltimore City Police and Campus Safety before you come into close contact with them. Let us check it out before something happens.
If you are a victim of or witness to a crime, contact Baltimore City (911) immediately and then report it to Campus Safety (443-423-3333).
Categories: Breaking news, Confronting crime, Neighborhoods
Comments
Wasn't there a poll on this website recently that asked if we thought Baltimore was getting safer? HA!!
Posted by: pgp | May 4, 2010 8:31 AM
I'm happy to see that neighbors responded to her calls for help. There are too many cases (like the recent stabbing in NYC) where people ignore calls for aid.
Posted by: Renee | May 4, 2010 8:48 AM
Too bad people are prevented from self protection with a firearm in this statist run state. Otherwise, those punks would have thought twice or even better, she would have killed both of them.
Posted by: Maverick | May 4, 2010 9:04 AM
Yeah, this one attack means we'll all be murdered in our beds!
Posted by: Minnie Bannister | May 4, 2010 9:05 AM
You know, I said to myself after that poll happened that the second the FIRST crime reported after the poll, someone would say that.
Of course at the time I thought, no one can be that dumb, well - there you go.
This is unfortunate, hopefully the crooks are caught.
Crime is down people, but down doesn't mean extinguished. Baltimore is getting safer but it still has a long way to go.
Posted by: HampdenJames | May 4, 2010 9:11 AM
Do you think nobody got mugged in the 50's, pgp? What does "safer" mean to you?
Posted by: Tim S. | May 4, 2010 9:13 AM
This is surprisingly common in Bolton Hill. If you follow the BH bulletin board you are sure to catch a many MICA crime alerts exactly like this each year and always at least a few right as summer hits. Bolton Hill is a great neighborhood but also plagued with issues of race and class inequality. Million dollar brownstones blocks from crime ridden drug zones....
Posted by: Perkus Tooth | May 4, 2010 9:36 AM
Why do liberals always downplay crime - when it's committed by blacks? "Guess this means we'll be murdered in our beds". Wierd. Just face it - black areas are dangerous.
Posted by: TDMan | May 4, 2010 10:36 AM
For those of you not familiar with the definition of the word "safe" or "safer", the following is from a certain Mr. Webster:
safe
Pronunciation: \ˈsāf\
Function: adjective
Inflected Form(s): saf·er; saf·est
1: free from harm or risk : unhurt
2: secure from threat of danger, harm, or loss
3: successful at getting to a base in baseball without being put out (I left that one in for us O's fans)
4: affording safety or security from danger, risk, or difficulty
5: not threatening danger : harmless
Does that answer your question, Tim S.?
Posted by: pgp | May 4, 2010 11:18 AM
Allowing open carry in Baltimore would fix this quickly. Thugs won't want to mess with hipster art students that are strapped with .45s.
Posted by: Sean O'Donnell, Baltimore Republican Examiner | May 4, 2010 12:27 PM
Do you think nobody got mugged in the 50's, pgp? What does "safer" mean to you?
Posted by: Tim S. | May 4, 2010 9:13 AM
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Tim, I ran a home delivery bread route all over and around Baltimore City in the mid-50s for several years, was out before sunrise, made collections after dark, etc. and never had a problem.
Damn tootin' it was safer in the '50s!
Posted by: mcgillicuddy | May 4, 2010 12:45 PM
I'd love to know how many of the people on here who are commenting about how crappy Baltimore is, or how unsafe it is, actually LIVE in the city. It's probably a laughably small amount.
Everything that should have happened did happen. She called for help, neighbors came to help, the police arrived quickly, and the bad guys were scared off. Sounds like the best possible outcome to me. Try to find a situation where that happens out in the 'burbs, where your neighbors are too far away to hear anything, and police have to drive three times as far to get to you...
If there were ten homicides per year in Baltimore, certain people would still dump on it. STFU already.
Posted by: chm3 | May 4, 2010 1:50 PM
"I'd love to know how many of the people on here who are commenting about how crappy Baltimore is, or how unsafe it is, actually LIVE in the city......."
Posted by: chm3 | May 4, 2010 1:50 PM
I was born here, and I have lived here for most of my 60 years, and I will continue to live here. I just know where one should and should not walk, alone, at night, in my home town.
Posted by: pgp | May 4, 2010 3:48 PM
perkus why are whites silent on these blogs when whites commit crime i live in seattle these white males kill women weekly out here.a lot of whites get messed up because they are scared of black men and let their guard down around white men then the white man will kill or rob them first.if you got a pretty blond haired daughter she is at risk to be snatched by some crazy white boy and killed. look at the u.va killing.but you fear interaccial sex more
Posted by: Anonymous | May 4, 2010 11:17 PM
This [expletive] happens a lot. You spend too much time on 86 and 5 year olds crossing the street in front of drug traffic.. What you should investigate is why the police refuse to report the stuff that happens in highly tax paying areas. For the last 40 years we have had crime in certain areas, they don't care, why should you?
Oh I forgot, you don't know. You and Dan Rodricks have no idea.
He says after all these years, "I have no idea why they shoot each other." You are not blameless.
Posted by: Dunn | May 5, 2010 3:00 PM