Then, on Aug. 11, a man that gang members believed to be cooperating with police was shot in South Baltimore. Witnesses put Hebron at the scene, and one person watched her shoot the man, Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven H. Levin said at Hebron's detention hearing. Charges in that case have not been filed.
Back in Hagerstown, in the foyer of Hebron's apartment house the afternoon of Oct. 5, David Leonard Moore was fatally shot in the head at close range, police reports state.
That's when Detective Andrew Lewis called the Annapolis police to ask what officers there knew about Hebron. Stokes, who knew first-hand how violent Hebron could be, answered the phone.
"That call brought her up on our radar screen," said Lt. Mike King, supervisor of the Hagerstown Police Department criminal investigations division.
Soon after, a witness came forward and identified Hebron, King said, and within five days of the killing she was under arrest and charged with murder. (State charges were dropped last month to allow federal authorities to take over the case.)
A search of Hebron's apartment found a 32-line poem laced with profanity and gang slang, including a reference to the Bloods' signature color. It begins: "Red robins flyin round my/ head [racial slur] goin' crazy I/ guess just shot a [racial slur] in the head cause he wear blue but claim red."
Reflecting on his interaction with Hebron, Stokes said, "Some people can be rehabilitated, but Michelle Hebron - I don't think she can. I think she'll be a violent person her whole life."
julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com
