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By Richard Irwin | October 28, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Western Baltimore Body found: Children playing in the rear of the 1000 block of N. Arlington Ave. on Sunday found the body of a man whose identity has not been released. Police said the man's death has been ruled suspicious, pending the results of an autopsy by the state medical examiner's office. Northwestern Baltimore Shooting/arrest: A 16-year-old boy was arrested Monday at Northwestern High School on a warrant charging him as an adult with attempted murder.
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By Richard Irwin | October 20, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Southern Baltimore Victim identified : Police identified a man shot Sunday in the 1200 block of Hollins St. as Brock Tatum, 21, of the 2400 block of Guilford Ave. Police responding to a shooting about 1 a.m. found Tatum lying in the street bleeding from a bullet wound to the head. He died about 30 minutes later at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. Metro Crime Stoppers at 410-276-8888 is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment.
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By Richard Irwin | October 17, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Central Baltimore Homicide arrest: James Wesley Spriggs, 28, of the 2800 block of Edgecombe Circle in Northwest Baltimore was arrested Wednesday by members of the Regional Warrant Apprehension Task Force on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder and a handgun violation. The scene of the arrest was not disclosed. Police said Spriggs is charged with shooting Brian Goodwin, 21, multiple times in the 500 block of Bloom St. near Pennsylvania Avenue about 11 p.m. June 19, 2008, during a drug dispute.
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By Richard Irwin | October 15, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Eastern Baltimore Robbery: A woman, 20, was standing at a bus stop in the 2800 block of E. Monument St. about 6 a.m. Tuesday when she was verbally threatened by a man who forced her to give up her purse and cell phone. Baltimore Co. -- Parkville Theft: A couple was attempting to drive away from the Safeway at North Plaza Mall in the 8800 block of Waltham Woods Road about 5:30 p.m. Monday after stealing razors, ice cream and cold medicine, all valued at $119, when they were detained by a store security officer.
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By Richard Irwin | October 14, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Southwestern Baltimore Theft: Police were seeking two people who entered the Game Stop in the 2400 block of Frederick Ave. about 4 p.m. Monday and stole a video game system valued at $160. Theft: Someone removed a copper flower urn from a grave site at Loudon Park Cemetery in the 2600 block of Wilkens Ave. between Sept. 28 and Monday. Burglary: Three air-conditioning units, five windows, a refrigerator, a washing machine and a dryer, all valued at $4,000, were stolen between April 24 and Sunday from a house under renovation in the 1700 block of DeSoto Road.
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By Richard Irwin | August 20, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Eastern Baltimore Shooting/arrest: A 64-year-old man was arrested early Wednesday at his home in the 2100 block of Homewood Ave. and was charged with attempted murder in the shooting a short time earlier of another man. Police responding to a report of a shooting shortly after 1 a.m. found the victim, 52, lying in the street and bleeding from a bullet wound to the upper body. The victim, whose name was not released, was taken by a city Fire Department ambulance to an area hospital.
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By Richard Irwin | August 17, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Northeastern Baltimore Shooting/arrest : Two men were arguing outside a house in the 4900 block of Harford Road about 8:30 a.m. Sunday when one pulled out a handgun and shot the other man multiple times, once in the face. The victim, 39 and a resident of the house, was taken by ambulance to an area hospital and was reported in serious condition. Agent Donny Moses, a police spokesman, said the victim was expected to survive. Arrested at the scene and charged with attempted murder and related charges and being held at Central Booking and Intake Center was Conti Mims, 47, of the 1600 block of Ruxton Ave. Western Baltimore Burglary : Police were seeking the person or persons who broke into a deli over the weekend.
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By Richard Irwin | August 14, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Northeastern Baltimore Robbery: A boy, 15, was standing outside a snowball stand at Woodlea Avenue and Walther Boulevard about 7:40 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck in the face by two other teenage boys who robbed him of his cell phone. The crew of a city police helicopter was over the crime scene moments later and spotted a youth fitting the description of one of the robbers walking about two blocks away. Ground units arrested him. A short time later, police arrested the second suspect nearby.
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By Richard Irwin | August 13, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Northeastern Baltimore Shooting/arrest: A boy, 15, was arrested Tuesday on a warrant charging him with first-degree assault in the July 26 shooting of a man, 24, in the 2800 block of Harford Road in the city's Coldstream-Homestead-Montebello community. The youth's name was withheld pending investigation. Police said the victim was shot in the left knee and was treated at an area hospital. Police knew of no motive for the shooting. Baltimore Co. -- Pikesville Armed robbery: Three teenage boys and a teenage girl were sitting in a car parked on a lot in the 6900 block of Liberty Road near Essex Road shortly before midnight Tuesday when two males, one armed with a handgun, approached and demanded their money and property.
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By RICHARD IRWIN | July 23, 2009
Police reports in Baltimore city and county: Central Baltimore Theft: A navigational system and its mount, all valued at $250, were stolen between Monday and Tuesday from a 2006 Subaru parked in the 500 block of Cathedral St. Balto. Co. -- Pikesville Assault/robbery/arrest: A woman, 28, was walking her dog along Seven Mile Lane near Slade Avenue about 5 p.m. Tuesday when she was attacked by a man who struck her several times and stole her cell phone. Several people witnessed the incident and called police.