Older Boy

A 13-year-old Jessup boy was robbed at gunpoint of his bicycle by another teen-ager with whom he was playing basketball at the Patapsco Valley Middle School late Friday afternoon.The victim rode his black GT Dyno BMC bicycle to the school's basketball court about 5 p.m. and joined three other boys he didn't know. One of the boys, who looked to be about 17 years old, asked if he could ride the bike.When the victim refused, the older boy told him to give it to him or he'd take it. Again, the victim refused, and the older boy then pointed a small black handgun at the victim and took the bicycle.

Two city youths charged with fatally shooting a 13-year-old girl in the chest and then hiding her body under a pile of trash in an East Baltimore alley admitted to their respective roles in the killing Tuesday afternoon in juvenile court. A 13-year-old boy tendered an admission — the juvenile court equivalent of a guilty plea — to a charge of involuntary manslaughter for accidentally shooting Monae Turnage in March. A 12-year-old friend admitted to being an accessory to the crime for helping move her body.

A 17-year-old Severn boy was beaten and robbed of his wallet Wednesday as he and a friend walked through Orchards on the Severn, county police said.The boy had facial bruises, but refused medical treatment, police said.The boy and his friend, 15, both of Arwell Court, told police they were walking home on Indian Drive shortly before 9 p.m. when a man approached and said he wanted to talk to them.The man grabbed both of them by their shirts and demanded cash from the older boy, who said he had no money.

LONDON -- "Hey, Buckingham Palace!" Michael "Mike D." Diamond says in a high, pinched New York accent as the Beastie Boys' minibus swings past the royal homestead. "Hence all the flags. And this is the Mall." Actually, Brits say "mal," not "maul," but yes. And America's premier white rappers are playing a late afternoon showcase gig for a select few hundred fans and media right beside this historic ceremonial way. The venue is the tony, though not quite snobbish, Institute for Contemporary Arts, mere yards from Queen Elizabeth's residence.

A 13-year-old Westminster boy was being held at the Charles H. Hickey Jr. School after he allegedly struck an 11-year-old boy, took his cap, wallet and backpack and ignited hair spray to use as a torch on Monday.The older boy was charged with two counts of assault and battery and one count each of theft and use of a deadly weapon with intent to injure.Police said the victim, who suffers from asthma, was standing in front of the library on East Main Street talking to a friend when the 13-year-old and a companion struck him in the chest.

A 10-year-old Elkton boy died Saturday night after being struck by a pickup truck while running across Crain Highway in Glen Burnie, apparently trying to avoid the owner of a car that he and two cousins had allegedly taken without permission. The boy, whose name was not released by police pending notification of his parents, ran across southbound Crain Highway about 10:14 p.m., leaped over the median guardrail and ran into the northbound lane of the highway where he was struck by a pickup truck and thrown 60 feet, police said.

A teen-age boy was fatally shot last night in the bedroom of his home in Level, said a spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office.Lt. Edward Hopkins said James Irwin Ashby, 13, and his brother, 14, were in a second-floor bedroom of their home in the 700 block of Craigs Corner Road about 6: 30 p.m. when a firearm that the older boy was allegedly handling discharged, fatally striking James in the head.The brother, whose name was not released, dialed 911 and reported the shooting, telling a dispatcher it was an accident, Hopkins said.

2 young boys charged in separate knife attacksTwo young boys have been charged as juveniles with assault, battery and assault with a deadly weapon after separate incidents on South Center Street, Westminster police reported yesterday.On Monday, an 11-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy were wrestling when the younger boy left, ran to his house on South Court Street and returned minutes later with a kitchen knife that he allegedly began swinging at the 11-year-old, police said.The 10-year-old's sister disarmed the boy and took the knife home, police said.

A Baltimore jury awarded an 11-year-old boy a $1.5 million verdict yesterday in a negligence suit against the group home where he was sexually molested more than two years ago. Jurors deliberated less than an hour at the end of a four-day trial that considered whether residents of the Boys' Home Society of Baltimore Inc. were adequately supervised Feb. 27, 2001, when the child was assaulted by an older boy. Attorneys Dwayne A. Brown and Jai Bonner had...

Armad Cloude was just 14, caught up in drug trafficking and violence, when he walked away from home detention and committed his last crime -- fatally shooting an older boy in a botched robbery. Authorities are investigating the Baltimore boy's death at age 16. He was found in a pool of blood in his cell at an adult prison south of Hagerstown. Cloude was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:50 a.m. Friday at the Maryland Correctional Training Center, said Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the state prison system.

Armad Cloude was just 14, caught up in drug trafficking and violence, when he walked away from home detention and committed his last crime -- fatally shooting an older boy in a botched robbery. Authorities are investigating the Baltimore boy's death at age 16. He was found in a pool of blood in his cell at an adult prison south of Hagerstown. Cloude was pronounced dead at the scene at 3:50 a.m. Friday at the Maryland Correctional Training Center, said Mark Vernarelli, a spokesman for the state prison system.

A Baltimore jury awarded an 11-year-old boy a $1.5 million verdict yesterday in a negligence suit against the group home where he was sexually molested more than two years ago. Jurors deliberated less than an hour at the end of a four-day trial that considered whether residents of the Boys' Home Society of Baltimore Inc. were adequately supervised Feb. 27, 2001, when the child was assaulted by an older boy. Attorneys Dwayne A. Brown and Jai Bonner had...

A 10-year-old Elkton boy died Saturday night after being struck by a pickup truck while running across Crain Highway in Glen Burnie, apparently trying to avoid the owner of a car that he and two cousins had allegedly taken without permission. The boy, whose name was not released by police pending notification of his parents, ran across southbound Crain Highway about 10:14 p.m., leaped over the median guardrail and ran into the northbound lane of the highway where he was struck by a pickup truck and thrown 60 feet, police said.

THIS is the debut of City Diary, a feature that provides a forum for examining issues of concern to Baltimore's neighborhoods. Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1999 The boys are playing ball in the street again. I can hear them from inside my home -- the bang of the garage doors when someone misses, and the car horns blaring at them to get out of the way of rush-hour traffic. Occasionally, a wild pitch strikes a parked car and makes a different sound than the whack of the garage doors. One boy launches his ball high into the air. He laughs as the ball plummets and bounces off the windshield of a moving taxi.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Facing a critical test in his quest for year-end honors, Lemon Drop Kid meets older horses for the first time today in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park.Owned by part-time Maryland residents Jinny Vance and Laddie Dance, Lemon Drop Kid has won New York's premier spring and summer races, the Belmont and Travers Stakes. Now he tries to capture the fall feature -- and sweep the state's three $1 million races. But he'll have to defeat Behrens, the country's No. 1-ranked horse, to do it.By beating horses his same age in the Belmont and Travers, Lemon Drop Kid became the front-runner for the Eclipse Award as the country's top 3-year-old male.

A teen-age boy was fatally shot last night in the bedroom of his home in Level, said a spokesman for the Harford County Sheriff's Office.Lt. Edward Hopkins said James Irwin Ashby, 13, and his brother, 14, were in a second-floor bedroom of their home in the 700 block of Craigs Corner Road about 6: 30 p.m. when a firearm that the older boy was allegedly handling discharged, fatally striking James in the head.The brother, whose name was not released, dialed 911 and reported the shooting, telling a dispatcher it was an accident, Hopkins said.

A man was arrested yesterday and charged with first-degree murder in a slaying late Saturday in East Baltimore, police said.Homicide Detective Albert Marcus said Dante Knight, 19, of the 2500 block of E. Fairmount Ave. and his assailant spoke for several minutes before Knight was fatally shot in the head about 11: 46 p.m. in the 500 block of N. Rose St. Marcus said LaShawn Robinson, 18, of the 200 block of N. Milton Ave., a witness, was shot in the upper...

County police arrested a 16-year-old Annapolis High School student Monday on charges of pulling a loaded gun on another student.Cortez Marquis Carlisle, of the 100 block of Colton Ave. in Largo was charged as an adult with illegal possession of a handgun and first degree assault. He was released on $15,000 bond.Police said the youth bumped into a 17-year-old boy in the hallway of the school in the 2700 block of Riva Road about 10 a.m. The older boy, who thought the bump was intentional, kicked the younger boy's book bag in retaliation, police said.

Police Blotter is a sampling of crimes in Baltimore and Baltimore County.Central DistrictBank robbery/arrest: A man who implied he was armed robbed Provident Bank of Maryland in the 100 block of E. Lexington St. about noon Monday, police said. Police arrested a man a few blocks away after a bank security officer pointed him out to a Housing Authority Police officer. Bruce Ward, 46, of no fixed address was charged with bank robbery and was being held by the FBI in Woodlawn, pending a hearing in U.S. District Court.

A man was arrested yesterday and charged with first-degree murder in a slaying late Saturday in East Baltimore, police said.Homicide Detective Albert Marcus said Dante Knight, 19, of the 2500 block of E. Fairmount Ave. and his assailant spoke for several minutes before Knight was fatally shot in the head about 11: 46 p.m. in the 500 block of N. Rose St. Marcus said LaShawn Robinson, 18, of the 200 block of N. Milton Ave., a witness, was shot in the upper...