Machete

A dog was attacked by a man with a machete Tuesday in North Baltimore. The man attacked a dog that was inside a neighbor's yard, just before 6 p.m., said Agent Donny Moses, a Baltimore City police spokesman. The suspect lives several houses down from the dog's owner in the 3000 block of Wylie Avenue, according to police. The man has not been charged, Moses said. He was taken to an area hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and has been known to have a history of medical illness, Moses said.

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He was on probation and wearing a GPS monitoring device. He was also armed with a rusty machete, and prosecutors said he carjacked a woman as she checked the oil in her car on Ravenwood Avenue in May. On Tuesday, a Baltimore Circuit Court jury convicted the teenager, Terrell Singleton, of carjacking and car theft, and he faces up to 69 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. Prosecutors said the GPS device he was wearing, so that prison officials could keep track of him, put him at the scene of the holdup.

Three weeks before Alexander Kinyua was charged with dismembering a family friend and eating some of the body parts, police at Morgan State University investigated a report that the suspect had a machete in his dorm room, school officials confirmed Monday. Officers went through his campus apartment on May 4 and Kinyua "volunteered to drop his pants" to be searched, a university spokesman said, but police found nothing. That same day, police responded to a complaint that someone threw a rock at a window at the housing complex, and a report says Kinyua was later identified as the culprit.

Three weeks before Alexander Kinyua was charged with dismembering a family friend and eating some of the body parts, police at Morgan State University investigated a report that the suspect had a machete in his dorm room, school officials confirmed Monday. Officers went through his campus apartment on May 4 and Kinyua "volunteered to drop his pants" to be searched, a university spokesman said, but police found nothing. That same day, police responded to a complaint that someone threw a rock at a window at the housing complex, and a report says Kinyua was later identified as the culprit.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Valley Frost Court, unit block, between 12:40 and 10 p.m. Oct. 14. Television, Xbox, black machete, music video games and money stolen. Entry through unlocked bedroom window Beaver Dam Road, 10200 block, between 5 p.m. Oct. 12 and 6 a.m. Oct. 13. Recycled batteries stolen from Baltimore County Resource Recovery facility.

A dog was fighting to live Wednesday after being attacked by a man wielding a machete Tuesday in North Baltimore. According to police documents, Levar J. Bailey attacked a pit bull/shepherd mix in his neighbor's gated yard at about 6 p.m. Bailey lives several houses down in the 3000 block of Wylie Ave., according to police. When police arrested Bailey, 33, they said he was yelling, "The dog was trying to bite my daughter," according to charging documents. Bailey was taken to an area hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

A Columbia man was found guilty in Howard County Circuit Court of attempted murder in a case that prosecutors described as "something out of a horror movie" - the brutal attack on his estranged wife with a machete this year. After more than four hours of deliberation Thursday, a jury found Frederick E. Jones, 54, guilty of first-degree attempted murder, assault, and violation of an April 20 ex parte order forbidding him to go near his wife, Natalyn Tart-Jones, or her residence. Jones faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

A Westminster man who took several hacks at a roommate with a machete because he "couldn't take it any more" was sentenced yesterday to a year in the county jail.Antonio Martinez Gonzalez, 58, of Hemlock Lane, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to maim in exchange for the sentence and the dropping of assault with intent to murder and other charges. Circuit Judge Francis M. Arnold imposed a five-year state prison sentence and suspended all but one year. The judge also ordered Gonzalez to serve three years of probation when he is released.

A Columbia man was sentenced to life in prison yesterday for attacking his estranged wife with a machete this year, a case authorities described as "something out of a horror movie." Frederick E. Jones, 54, was convicted by a jury in October of first-degree attempted murder, assault and violation of an April 20 court order forbidding him to go near his wife, Natalyn Tart-Jones, or her residence. He will be eligible for parole in 2021. On May 1, Jones camped out in a wooded area near Tart-Jones' condominium in the 8700 block of Hayshed Lane in Columbia and waited for her to leave for work.

An MS-13 gang member wanted in Honduras in the killing of a man with a machete was arrested Monday at his home in Randallstown, federal authorities announced. Oscar Orlando Amador Centeno, 29, had previously been deported in January 2010 for illegally entering the country, and officials say that in July 2010 he struck a man three times with a machete on a soccer field in Olancho, Honduras, and stole his wallet. Amador Centeno re-entered the country at an unknown time and began living in Randallstown.

He was on probation and wearing a GPS monitoring device. He was also armed with a rusty machete, and prosecutors said he carjacked a woman as she checked the oil in her car on Ravenwood Avenue in May. On Tuesday, a Baltimore Circuit Court jury convicted the teenager, Terrell Singleton, of carjacking and car theft, and he faces up to 69 years in prison when he is sentenced in April. Prosecutors said the GPS device he was wearing, so that prison officials could keep track of him, put him at the scene of the holdup.

The following is compiled from police reports from the Towson and Cockeysville precincts. Our policy is to include descriptions when there is enough information to make identification possible. Cockeysville Valley Frost Court, unit block, between 12:40 and 10 p.m. Oct. 14. Television, Xbox, black machete, music video games and money stolen. Entry through unlocked bedroom window Beaver Dam Road, 10200 block, between 5 p.m. Oct. 12 and 6 a.m. Oct. 13. Recycled batteries stolen from Baltimore County Resource Recovery facility.

A man was injured in Northwest Baltimore Friday night after being struck with a machete during a fight, Baltimore police reported. Officers responded to a call about 7:45 p.m. reporting a fight involving a machete between two Hispanic males at a shopping center in the 6600 block of Reisterstown Road. Police found one of the men with cuts to his arms and torso and had him transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said they had no further information about the suspect in the case.

A dog was attacked by a man with a machete Tuesday in North Baltimore. The man attacked a dog that was inside a neighbor's yard, just before 6 p.m., said Agent Donny Moses, a Baltimore City police spokesman. The suspect lives several houses down from the dog's owner in the 3000 block of Wylie Avenue, according to police. The man has not been charged, Moses said. He was taken to an area hospital for a psychiatric evaluation and has been known to have a history of mental illness, Moses said.

A dog was fighting to live Wednesday after being attacked by a man wielding a machete Tuesday in North Baltimore. According to police documents, Levar J. Bailey attacked a pit bull/shepherd mix in his neighbor's gated yard at about 6 p.m. Bailey lives several houses down in the 3000 block of Wylie Ave., according to police. When police arrested Bailey, 33, they said he was yelling, "The dog was trying to bite my daughter," according to charging documents. Bailey was taken to an area hospital for a psychiatric evaluation.

Two Annapolis men, including one with a flare for exotic weaponry, were sentenced to prison yesterday for robbing a City Dock restaurant.One had used a .38 caliber handgun, a typical tool for such an armed robbery. But the other had been armed with a machete -- "a knife that would put Crocodile Dundee to shame," a county prosecutor said.Assistant State's Attorney Frederick M. Paone said the knife had a blade between 16 and 18 inches long.Yesterday's sentencing cametwo months after the men pleaded guilty to armed robbery in county Circuit Court.

Arundel man charged in assault with a machete A woman quarreled with two neighbors early yesterday at a mobile home park in Anne Arundel County, and her boyfriend joined the fray with a machete, according to county police. Police said that a woman, who was reportedly drunk, returned home to the Lyons Creek Mobile Estates in Lothian about 2 a.m. She began yelling at a man and a woman who were in a nearby home, and they went outside to see why she was shouting, police said. The couple told police that the drunken woman then assaulted the female victim.