Excerpts from this week's Baltimore Guide police blotter for South and Southeast Baltimore (For more, click here):

-S. Collington Avenue, 300 block, May 20, 9:50 p.m. A man told police that a second man whom he did not know entered his home through an unlocked door, pulled a handgun and told the man, “You know what I want and you can thank Chris.” The suspect took oxycodone and $250 cash, then walked out

-S. East Avenue, 1100 block, May 16, 9:10 a.m. The Department of Transportation reported that someone had taken a boot off a car and driven away with it.

-1000 block Light St., Friday, May 20, 10:58 p.m.: A bar security guard was bitten by a 22-year-old patron who had stolen a purse from the bar.

Continue reading "Baltimore Guide blotter - May 25 - "You can thank Chris"" »

Posted by Justin Fenton at 10:56 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, South Baltimore, Southeast Baltimore
        

A lengthy blotter in the Baltimore Guide for the Southeast District this week. For more, click here.

Eastern Avenue, 4000 block, May 5, 10:10 p.m. A woman told police she and her boyfriend had gotten into an argument because she had asked a man she did not know for a cigarette. The boyfriend attacked her, punching and slapping at her. The woman refused medical attention, and the boyfriend was arrested

Thames Street, 1700 block, May 9, 2:55 a.m. A man told police he had been out on a sailboat with some friends, and that he had been drinking with them. As he was trying to catch a cab home, he was jumped from behind by several men who took his backpack, sweater, phone and $300 cash he happened to be carrying

S. Robinson Street, 200 block, May 10. 6:13 p.m. An elderly woman answered her door and found a suspect described as a black woman wearing all white and riding a black bicycle. The woman told her she was collecting money to help pay the medical expenses of a child who had been bitten in the face by a dog. She asked the elderly woman to wash a container for her. While the elderly woman did so, the suspect robbed her of jewelry and cash, then fled.

S. Eden Street, 400 block, May 9, 10 p.m. A woman told police she had concealed her gun in a floor lamp, and was surprised to discover someone had taken it and the five rounds it was loaded with.

Eastern Avenue, 6400 block, May 9, 1:46 p.m. Someone stole a donation jar filled with change intended to help homeless animals.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 5:32 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, Southeast Baltimore
        

A sampling of crimes in Southeast Baltimore from the Guide's weekly blotter of crimes in South and Southeast Baltimore, which you can read in full here:

Thames Street, 1000 block, April 23, 11 p.m. A man told police that a woman had approached him as he was leaving a party and said, “Can I walk with you? I’m afraid I might get beat up.” They left the party together, and someone struck the man on the head, and the woman directed the suspect to take the man’s wallet and cell phone. They fled with this property.

Pratt Street, 1800 block, April 28, 12:45 a.m. A man told police he had parked his car when a man approached him, threatened him with a gun and said, “Give me your bags,” then robbed him of cameras, property belonging to his business, his cell phone and keys.

E. Baltimore Avenue, 2300 block, April 26, 1:25 p.m. A man told police he had been out walking when three teenaged boys pulled a knife and robbed him of his bicycle. All three were arrested.

E. Lombard Street, 4000 block, April 25, 2:02 a.m. A man told police he was inside a club and someone had hit him in the head with a glass bottle.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 1:14 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, South Baltimore, Southeast Baltimore
        

Some samplings from the Baltimore Guide's weekly police blotter, which you can find each week here for South Baltimore and here for Southeast Baltimore:

1200 block Light St., Sunday, March 20, 3 a.m.: Someone broke the door lock on a bar, entered, and stole beer.

1600 block W. Pratt St., Sunday, March 27, 11:56 p.m.: A man told police that he was in his car when people began beating on the car with bats and rocks. The man crashed his car trying to escape, and one of the suspects pulled him out of the car and stole money from his pants pockets.

N. Patterson Park Avenue, 100 block, March 23, 7 p.m. A hair salon owner told police that three teens had broken into her workplace, pointed a gun at herself and customers and demanded money. They fled with cash, phones and a handbag.

Continue reading "Baltimore Guide police blotter - March 30" »

Posted by Justin Fenton at 3:51 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, South Baltimore, Southeast Baltimore
        

The Baltimore Guide's police blotter for South and Southeast Baltimore often contains perhaps unintentional themes. This week in the Southeast, business owners fight back:

Fell Street, 900 block, March 13, 1:14 a.m. Police reported to a bar in response to a robbery, and an employee told them that a man who had been drinking in the bar had gone to use the bathroom during last call, and upon re-emerging, pulled a gun on the employee and said, “Give me the money; I’m not f-—ing kidding.” The employee took money from the register and the man demanded more. Bar employees tackled him and the man wiggled out of his jacket and fled after a struggle. The money was left in the pocket.

Fleet Street, 2000 block, March 13, 5:59 a.m. A man entered a convenience store and grabbed money from the register, then fled after unsuccessfully trying to convince an employee to open the safe.

Eastern Avenue, 3500 block, March 13, 2:59 p.m. Police responded to the report of an attempted robbery at a mattress store and arrested a suspect. It was revealed the man had entered and demanded money. An employee beat the man with a table leg and kept him cornered until officers arrived.

Posted by Justin Fenton at 6:13 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, South Baltimore, Southeast Baltimore
        

As we've lamented in this space before, we miss retired Sun scribe Dick Irwin and the police blotter, but the Baltimore Guide is doing its part to pick up the slack. Here's some excerpts from this week's edition for South and Southeast Baltimore:

"No Good Deed Goes Unpunished" Department:

Belnord Avenue, 400 block, January 16, 8:30 p.m. A man told police that he pulled over to stop a fight between two men he did not know. The men turned on him and hit him in the chest. The man got back in his car to drive away, then later discovered he had been stabbed and went to a local hospital for treatment.
Mt. Pleasant Avenue, 3400 block, January 14, 11:45 p.m. A man told police that his wife and another woman had gotten into a fight. He tried to separate the two women when a third man struck him on the head with a beer bottle, then fled. The wife refused to make a report, but the suspect was arrested later.

"Guide Blotter reporter Jacqueline Watts Correctly Calls you a Lowlife" Department:

Beale Court, 200 block, January 16, 7:30 a.m. Someone broke into a home through a front door and took a TV, two phones, DVDs and a player. The same lowlife also took the elderly resident’s wheelchair."

Continue reading "The rest of the week in crime" »

Posted by Justin Fenton at 11:53 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, South Baltimore, Southeast Baltimore
        

Praise for the retiring police reporter Dick Irwin, whose 44-year career spanned three of this city's newspapers, keeps piling up. The accolades come in equal number from cops and scribes, a true testament to the respect he earned from both his colleagues and from those he held accountable.

Dick is at left in a photo by The Sun's Kenneth K. Lam. Here's a sampling of the comments:

Continue reading "More praise for Dick Irwin" »

Posted by Peter Hermann at 8:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, Confronting crime, Courts and the justice system
        

At least somebody wants a Toyota!

That's just one of the highlights looking back at a week of Richard Irwin's Police Blotter feature. Yep, someone actually stole a truck full of Toyotas. Maybe they're planning on taking them in for a bulk recall! And, in keeping with the snow theme, a city gunman found an innovative way to utilize his surrounding.

Read on:

Theft -- Someone entered the parking lot of DMT Trucking Inc. in the 1200 block of Chesapeake Ave. between Sunday night and early Monday and drove off in a 2007 Sterling tractor and a new car carrier trailer containing various models of eight 2010 Toyotas

Arrests -- Members of a crime reduction unit were in the 800 block of W. Saratoga St. near the Poe Homes neighborhood about 6 p.m. Wednesday when they observed a young male attempting to hide a handgun in the snow. A search of the teenager revealed a box of ammunition. Recovered from the snow was a .32 caliber semiautomatic handgun. The youth was charged as a juvenile with illegal possession of a firearm.

Arrests -- City police and Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive federal agents raided a house in the 1100 block of Bonsal St. Wednesday and arrested two men on warrants and seized an 8mm rifle and several ounces of suspected cocaine. Arrested and charged with weapon and drug violations were Jimmie Newell, 47, whose address was not available, and Randy Carver, 52, of the Bonsal Street address.

Theft -- Someone broke into Hertz Equipment Rentals in the 5500 block of O'Donnell St. between Tuesday night and early Wednesday and pumped out 1,742 gallons of diesel fuel from an underground storage tank. The fuel was valued at $4,093.

Stabbing -- A man was cut in the back by another man inside Lexington Market in the 400 block of W. Lexington St. shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday and was taken by ambulance to an area hospital,. The victim's condition was not available, and no arrest had been made.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 8:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Best of the Blotter
        

Today, we start a new weekly feature, Best of the Blotter, a look back at the funniest, strangest, distrubing and serious crimes that were too small for a big headline but too important to residents to leave out of the paper.

Richard Irwin, our venerable police scribe, has listing purse snatchings, muggings, shootings and other mayhem for three newspapers and under the close eye of 10 mayors (soon to be 11) and 13 police commissioners. The feature, popular both on-line and in print, turned 30 last year and we celebrated with a cake adorned with Dick's very first blotter published in the News-American in 1979.

So without further ado, here's the first installment:

Western Baltimore
Shooting/arrest: An 18-year-old male was arrested Saturday and charged with the attempted murder of a man, 22, in the 2200 block of N. Fulton Ave. near Liberty Heights Avenue hours earlier. The victim was standing in the block about 9:40 p.m. when he was shot in the right buttock. Police said the victim ran two blocks to a house, where he was found by police and was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to Sinai Hospital. He was expected to survive. Arrested at an undisclosed location and charged with attempted murder, assault by shooting and a handgun violation was Dion Wilson, of the 2800 block of Gwynns Falls Parkway. Wilson was being held at Central Booking and Intake Center. Police had no motive for the shooting.

Theft -- A 2007 Ford Taurus was parked in the 400 block of E. Eager St. on Sunday when someone broke a window and stole a remote-controlled toy car valued at $40.

Eastern Baltimore
Theft -- Three ladders, all worth nearly $900, were stolen from a vehicle parked in the 3700 block of Duncanwood Lane between Jan. 19 and Friday.

Church burglary -- Someone broke into Israel Baptist Church in the 1200 block of N. Chester St. through a window between Sunday and Tuesday and stole a microwave oven and a soft-drink vending machine.

Robbery -- A deliveryman for a distributing company was outside a liquor store in the 2300 block of Barclay St. about 5 p.m. Tuesday when a man armed with a handgun robbed him of liquor valued at $182.

Theft -- Someone entered a second-floor bedroom of a house in the 1600 block of Cliftview Ave. on Tuesday and stole a Wii system valued at $200.

Posted by Peter Hermann at 8:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
Categories: Best of the Blotter, East Baltimore, South Baltimore