Darley Park

Alonzo Smith was walking Thursday in the 1600 block of Darley Ave. when he spotted his 92-year-old neighbor Janie Frieson standing in her doorway. "You OK?" Smith asked. Frieson smiled and assured him she was fine, and Smith walked on to his Northeast Baltimore home a few doors down. The brief exchange captured a sense of community that residents say endures on the block of mostly well-kept - and inhabited - brick rowhouses in the Darley Park neighborhood, even as the wider area grapples with the highest homicide rate in all of Baltimore.

A 21-year-old man has been served with a warrant charging him with possession of the rifle allegedly used by a younger relative to fatally shoot 13-year-old Monae Turnage last month in East Baltimore, officials said. Martinez Armstrong of the 1800 block of N. Bond St. was charged with being a felon in possession of a gun and reckless endangerment after investigators made a forensic match on the .22-caliber rifle. Court records show he was being held on $500,000 bond. Two boys were charged last month with involuntary manslaughter for accidentally shooting Monae, whose body was found hidden under trash bags in her Darley Park neighborhood after she had left her home to go roller-skating.

A 13-year-old girl was found slain Sunday evening in the Darley Park neighborhood of northeast Baltimore, police reported. Family members confirmed the girl's identity as Monae Turnage, according to local newscasts. They had reported her missing early Sunday. The body was found about 6 p.m. in the backyard of a two-story, brick rowhouse in the 1600 block of Cliftview Ave., said Detective Donny Moses. Monae's aunt, Paulette Marshall, confirmed on newscasts that the girl's 16-year-old brother and neighborhood youths found the clothed body while looking through alleys.

Alonzo Smith was walking Thursday in the 1600 block of Darley Ave. when he spotted his 92-year-old neighbor Janie Frieson standing in her doorway. "You OK?" Smith asked. Frieson smiled and assured him she was fine, and Smith walked on to his Northeast Baltimore home a few doors down. The brief exchange captured a sense of community that residents say endures on the block of mostly well-kept - and inhabited - brick rowhouses in the Darley Park neighborhood, even as the wider area grapples with the highest homicide rate in all of Baltimore.

"Back again, back again, we've got Franklin D. Roosevelt back again, since Roosevelt's been re-elected moonshine liquor's been corrected, we've got legal wine, whiskey, beer and gin. " —Recorded by Bill Cox in 1936 Happy New Year! Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so loud. If you're suffering a bit this morning from too much New Year's Eve revelry and your head feels as though it was hit by a baseball bat and your stomach is churning like an Atlantic hurricane, you might want to consider skipping this column (I promise not to be offended)

Residents from neighborhoods split into different election districts under Mayor Martin O'Malley's redistricting plan asked City Council members last night to help keep their communities together. At a public forum before the council's redistricting committee, about 20 residents from Original Northwood, Harlem Park, Darley Park and Washington Village asked the council to reject the mayor's map and draft one that provides them with a single council representative, not two. "Two council representatives dilute our voice," said Frank Gorman, of the Original Northwood Association.

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies, with a high temperature near 45 degrees. Tonight's forecast calls for mostly clear skies and a low temperature around 30 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our traffic map for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM THE WEEKEND... Girl, 13, found dead in Darley Park section of Baltimore : A 13-year-old girl was found slain Sunday evening in the Darley Park neighborhood of northeast Baltimore, police reported.

A vigil is being planned for this afternoon to remember 13-year-old Monae Turnage, who police say was accidentally shot and killed by one of her classmates while playing a with a rifle inside a rowhouse on Saturday night. Tentative plans include a gathering about 4 or 4:30 p.m. outside Monae's school, William C. March Middle, at 2050 North Wolfe St. The mourners will then march to the girl's house a few blocks away in the 1700 block of Sinclair Lane. That route roughly follows the path that Monae took when she left her house Saturday night to walk to an adjoining neighborhood, Darley Park, to meet a friend to go roller skating.

A 21-year-old man has been served with a warrant charging him with possession of the rifle allegedly used by a younger relative to fatally shoot 13-year-old Monae Turnage last month in East Baltimore, officials said. Martinez Armstrong of the 1800 block of N. Bond St. was charged with being a felon in possession of a gun and reckless endangerment after investigators made a forensic match on the .22-caliber rifle. Court records show he was being held on $500,000 bond. Two boys were charged last month with involuntary manslaughter for accidentally shooting Monae, whose body was found hidden under trash bags in her Darley Park neighborhood after she had left her home to go roller-skating.

The Darley Park neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore, where 13-year-old Monae Turnage's body was found Sunday evening under plastic bags behind a house on Cliftview Avenue, has long had issues with violent crime. The girl was found a block from where 12-year-old Sean Johnson was shot and killed in May of last year while sitting on a front porch watching a basketball game. It's also around the corner from where police Detective Michael Rice was shot in March 2011, near a strip of shops along Harford Road, and where another detective, Michael J. Cowdery Jr., was shot and killed in March 2001 when he interrupted a drug deal.

A vigil is being planned for this afternoon to remember 13-year-old Monae Turnage, who police say was accidentally shot and killed by one of her classmates while playing a with a rifle inside a rowhouse on Saturday night. Tentative plans include a gathering about 4 or 4:30 p.m. outside Monae's school, William C. March Middle, at 2050 North Wolfe St. The mourners will then march to the girl's house a few blocks away in the 1700 block of Sinclair Lane. That route roughly follows the path that Monae took when she left her house Saturday night to walk to an adjoining neighborhood, Darley Park, to meet a friend to go roller skating.

WEATHER Today's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies, with a high temperature near 45 degrees. Tonight's forecast calls for mostly clear skies and a low temperature around 30 degrees. TRAFFIC Check our traffic map for this morning's issues as you plan your commute. FROM THE WEEKEND... Girl, 13, found dead in Darley Park section of Baltimore : A 13-year-old girl was found slain Sunday evening in the Darley Park neighborhood of northeast Baltimore, police reported.

The Darley Park neighborhood in Northeast Baltimore, where 13-year-old Monae Turnage's body was found Sunday evening under plastic bags behind a house on Cliftview Avenue, has long had issues with violent crime. The girl was found a block from where 12-year-old Sean Johnson was shot and killed in May of last year while sitting on a front porch watching a basketball game. It's also around the corner from where police Detective Michael Rice was shot in March 2011, near a strip of shops along Harford Road, and where another detective, Michael J. Cowdery Jr., was shot and killed in March 2001 when he interrupted a drug deal.

A 13-year-old girl was found slain Sunday evening in the Darley Park neighborhood of northeast Baltimore, police reported. Family members confirmed the girl's identity as Monae Turnage, according to local newscasts. They had reported her missing early Sunday. The body was found about 6 p.m. in the backyard of a two-story, brick rowhouse in the 1600 block of Cliftview Ave., said Detective Donny Moses. Monae's aunt, Paulette Marshall, confirmed on newscasts that the girl's 16-year-old brother and neighborhood youths found the clothed body while looking through alleys.

A 27-year-old man died after being shot multiple times in Northeast Baltimore, one of three people shot in the city on Sunday, according to police. The fatal shooting occurred shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the 5200 block of Darien Road. Police responding to calls about gunshots said they found the victim, Kyndal Staten, in the nearby 5900 block of Laclede Road, in the Cedonia neighborhood near the city-county line. Police said that Staten had suffered "multiple gunshot wounds.

"Back again, back again, we've got Franklin D. Roosevelt back again, since Roosevelt's been re-elected moonshine liquor's been corrected, we've got legal wine, whiskey, beer and gin. " —Recorded by Bill Cox in 1936 Happy New Year! Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be so loud. If you're suffering a bit this morning from too much New Year's Eve revelry and your head feels as though it was hit by a baseball bat and your stomach is churning like an Atlantic hurricane, you might want to consider skipping this column (I promise not to be offended)

A 27-year-old man died after being shot multiple times in Northeast Baltimore, one of three people shot in the city on Sunday, according to police. The fatal shooting occurred shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the 5200 block of Darien Road. Police responding to calls about gunshots said they found the victim, Kyndal Staten, in the nearby 5900 block of Laclede Road, in the Cedonia neighborhood near the city-county line. Police said that Staten had suffered "multiple gunshot wounds.

Every morning before school, Principal Camille Bell turns on the news and anxiously listens for word of deadly violence in Northeast Baltimore. On Wednesday, she heard the news she dreaded. Four teenagers had been shot on a corner not far from the Montebello Elementary/Middle School she leads, and she learned that one of young students, a 12-year-old seventh-grader, had been struck in the chest. The boy was clinging to life and was not expected to survive, police said Wednesday night.

A man was fatally shot in the Darley Park neighborhood near Clifton Park, city police said Tuesday. Police found the man about 11:17 p.m. in the 1600 block of Darley Ave., in the police department's Eastern District, and he was taken to an area hospital, where he died. Investigators did not release additional details of the shooting or the victim's name. As of Tuesday morning, 128 people have been slain in Baltimore compared with 124 on this date last year.

Every morning before school, Principal Camille Bell turns on the news and anxiously listens for word of deadly violence in Northeast Baltimore. On Wednesday, she heard the news she dreaded. Four teenagers had been shot on a corner not far from the Montebello Elementary/Middle School she leads, and she learned that one of young students, a 12-year-old seventh-grader, had been struck in the chest. The boy was clinging to life and was not expected to survive, police said Wednesday night.