NEWS
By Justin George, The Baltimore Sun | January 30, 2013
A man was shot in the arm Wednesday in what Baltimore police said appeared to be a brazen robbery attempt outside a city parole and probation office. Police said the shooting was unrelated to the Guilford Avenue Field Office and Region II Regional Office of the state Department of Corrections. It occurred across the street, in an alley just off the 2100 block of Guilford Avenue, Baltimore police spokesman Sgt. Eric Kowalczyk said. Sometime before 1:15 p.m., a suspect fired a gun, striking the victim, who ran onto the probation office property, police spokesman Detective Vernon Davis said.
NEWS
By Justin Fenton, The Baltimore Sun | December 26, 2012
A 22-year-old Baltimore woman who called 911 and said she found her boyfriend fatally shot in an alley this summer has been charged in his murder, according to court records. Asia La'trice Cutler was charged on Dec. 14 with first-degree murder and related charges in the Aug. 30 killing of boyfriend Donte Harris, 21. Police have also charged 21-year-old Shanda Cure and 24-year-old Willie Brockington with accessory after the fact, records show. Charging documents contain few details about the case.
NEWS
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun | September 30, 2012
A 36-year-old Frederick man died after being found with multiple gunshot wounds in a Frederick alley early Sunday morning, according to police. Lamont George-Lee Ellis, of the 3700 block of Hope Commons Circle, was pronounced dead at Frederick Memorial Hospital after being found shortly before 2 a.m. in Mullenix Alley, near West All Saints Street, Frederick police said. The shooting is being investigated as a homicide, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Rob Marker at 301-600-1242.
BUSINESS
By Steve Kilar, The Baltimore Sun | September 6, 2012
As a boy, Abdi Hassen helped his father nurture and harvest maize, wheat and tropical fruits — until the early 1990s, when his father vanished. "He was disappeared because of his political opinion. I don't know if he is alive or not now," said Hassen, a refugee from Ethiopia, as he stood among lush garden beds in a Highlandtown alley. Hassen, 31, spends much of his days in the alley, taking copious notes on the plants' progress and the pests that appear on their leaves. The garden is part of the International Rescue Committee's New Roots program, which aims to help refugees carry on the agricultural traditions of their homelands.
NEWS
By Jessica Anderson, The Baltimore Sun | August 2, 2012
Baltimore City police are investigating a homicide in the west side neighborhood of Yale Heights early Thursday morning. The killing is the fourth to occur in the city's southwest police district since Saturday, out of five killings that have occurred during that span. Officers were called at 12:20 a.m. to the 4400 block of Parkton St. where 26-year-old Janerio Keys was found, shot at least once in the torso, in a rear alley. He had collapsed on a chair and was found by family members and responding officers, police said.
NEWS
Jacques Kelly | June 8, 2012
Each spring my enthusiasm for Baltimore neighborhood house and garden tours outpaces my ability to walk them all. I recently visited Reservoir Hill and Charles Village, but missed Dickeyville and Butcher's Hill. Maybe next year. Tours that emphasize spring gardens invariably involve a turn through a city back alley. I learned to love these much-maligned city thoroughfares as a child, when my mother, never an enthusiastic auto driver, used sturdy steel and wicker baby carriages to navigate behind-the-scenes Baltimore.