Man formally charged in detective's death
A 25-year-old Southeast Baltimore man was charged Sunday with killing an off-duty Baltimore police detective, who died after being struck in the head with a piece of concrete during an argument over a parking spot in Canton.
Detective Brian Stevenson, an 18-year veteran and married father of three, had gone out to have dinner on the eve of his birthday when he and Sian James got into an altercation in a private parking lot in the 2800 block of Hudson St. at about 10 p.m. Saturday.
Police say James (seen at right in his booking photo) picked up a piece of concrete and hurled at Stevenson, striking him in the right temple and causing him to fall to the ground.
James was arrested after police located him later that night at Mosaic, a club in the Power Plant Live area of downtown.
James, lived around the corner in the 2800 block of Dillon St., Court records show he was charged in July with attempted rape, third-degree sex offense, assault and false imprisonment. Initially held without bond, he was released in mid-September on $150,000 bond.Details of that case were not immediately available, and his attorney, John Denholm, could not be reached for comment.
Records also show that in late July James was ordered to stay away from a woman who had filed her second protective order against him in a span of four months. Reached for comment, a man who answered the woman's phone said that they could not discuss James because of an "ongoing situation."
According to James' Facebook page, he attended Brownstone College in Jamaica and often posted comments about his faith. Here's how he describes himself on the page:
"i am 6 feet 180lbs athletic,fun , real,adventurous.have scense of humour and out going.people always get the wrong impression of me .then it turns arround that am a realy nice guy"
Comments
Yet again one of Baltimore's finest dies at the hands of Baltimore's scum. Why are people like this let loose on the streets?
Posted by: Anonymous | October 17, 2010 5:33 PM
Is this the same Baltimore Finest of BART that shot a man in the back?
Posted by: anonymous | October 17, 2010 9:44 PM
To "anonymous" the police you speak of is the BART police in Oakland, CA. BART stands for Bay Area Rapid Transit. Get your facts straight before you start posting that kind of garbage.
Posted by: Concerned Citizen | October 18, 2010 10:12 AM
Attempted rape, assault, sexual offense and false imprisonment, released to kill a cop with a chunk of concrete. Another fine example of the system not working, criminals with all the rights and attornies lining up to protect them and the consequences are being paid by the innocent citizens on the street. You can not even park your car in Baltimore without risking your life. If you ride the bus, its even worse, light rail? Forget it. Walking down your own street to mail a letter? A dangerous act. Calling the police? In many cases a waste of time. Everybody knows the streets are empty of police during shift changes, and even when they are on the street, getting one to your front door is a small miracle and then god forbid if you get upset, they want to arrest you. My suggestion, arm yourself. When accosted shoot back, let the police drag their feet to the dead criminal's investigation, not yours. Chances are you will never be caught, hell the bad guys aren't.
Posted by: Jim | October 18, 2010 1:52 PM