Southwest Baltimore

One person was killed and five others were injured in two separate triple shootings in Baltimore on Thursday night, according to police. Another man was fatally shot in North Baltimore near the campus of Loyola University Maryland. In the first triple shooting, which police believe was targeted, two men and one woman were shot in the 2500 block of W. Fayette St. in Southwest Baltimore while sitting on the front steps of one victim's home about 6 p.m., said Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman.

George Edward "Hunky" Sauerhoff, a political aide and fundraiser who was the founder and president of the Loyal Sons of Pigtown, died May 12 of heart failure at FutureCare Cherrywood Healthcare and Rehabilitation Centre in Reisterstown. The unofficial mayor of Pigtown was 79. "In his day, he was a hurricane. He had so much energy that it just spilled out of his pores," said Michael Olesker, author and former Baltimore Sun columnist. "And he had great, great affection for Pigtown, where he simply knew everyone.

A federal grand jury indicted five men on charges they allegedly sold counterfeit goods of high-end designers such as Michael Kors, Coach and Jimmy Choo around Baltimore, including at the Patapsco Flea Market, where authorities conducted a weekend raid in a similar but separate investigation. Charged were Tidiane Ba, 44; Mamadou Lamine Ba, 51; Abass Baro, 44; Sakho Oumar, 33; and Baba Toure, 39, all of Baltimore, according to the indictment unsealed Wednesday. Toure was being sought by law enforcement officials; the others were arrested on Sunday and released Monday under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.

One person was killed and five others were injured in two separate triple shootings in Baltimore on Thursday night, according to police. Another man was fatally shot in North Baltimore near the campus of Loyola University Maryland. In the first triple shooting, which police believe was targeted, two men and one woman were shot in the 2500 block of W. Fayette St. in Southwest Baltimore while sitting on the front steps of one victim's home about 6 p.m., said Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman.

Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants. Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is considering moving into the area. But drug-addiction specialists who say methadone is one of the most effective ways to treat opiate dependency are hoping a new study led by a University of Maryland School of Medicine assistant professor debunks concerns that the clinics breed crime and drag down neighborhoods.

The vast collection Eugene Sussel amassed during his singular career as an art dealer turns out to be worth millions.He collected some 250,000 pieces in six decades and stashed them away in warehouses -- everything from paintings valued at nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to Chinese brass candlesticks worth $5.Yesterday, as a Timonium auction house sold off some 500 of his Oriental pieces, art collectors reminisced about one of the most bizarre art...

A man was shot in the stomach early Thursday morning in Southwest Baltimore, according to city police. The shooting was reported at 12:22 a.m. in the 3000 block of Stafford Street, police said. The victim was taken to a local hospital, according to police. Text BUSINESS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun Business text alerts

The two well-dressed men arrived at the elderly man's Southwest Baltimore home in the morning, armed with a clipboard and searching for a woman who they said was wanted by authorities.  Police say it was a scam, and the two suspects quietly made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.  The incident occurred April 23, in the 1100 block of Cooks Lane in the West Hills neighborhood near the Baltimore County line. The suspects, described as black men between the ages of 40 and 50 and wearing blue blazers, had a clipboard with pictures of people and said they were searching for a woman, police said.

The two well-dressed men arrived at the elderly man's Southwest Baltimore home in the morning, armed with a clipboard and searching for a woman who they said was wanted by authorities.  Police say it was a scam, and the two suspects quietly made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.  The incident occurred April 23, in the 1100 block of Cooks Lane in the West Hills neighborhood near the Baltimore County line. The suspects, described as black men between the ages of 40 and 50 and wearing blue blazers, had a clipboard with pictures of people and said they were searching for a woman, police said.

Methadone clinics are often seen as the bad neighbor nobody wants. Residents concerned about crime and other quality-of-life issues often protest if they even hear word of a methadone clinic, which treats those addicted to heroin and other opiates, is considering moving into the area. But drug-addiction specialists who say methadone is one of the most effective ways to treat opiate dependency are hoping a new study led by a University of Maryland School of Medicine assistant professor debunks concerns that the clinics breed crime and drag down neighborhoods.

A federal grand jury indicted five men on charges they allegedly sold counterfeit goods of high-end designers such as Michael Kors, Coach and Jimmy Choo around Baltimore, including at the Patapsco Flea Market, where authorities conducted a weekend raid in a similar but separate investigation. Charged were Tidiane Ba, 44; Mamadou Lamine Ba, 51; Abass Baro, 44; Sakho Oumar, 33; and Baba Toure, 39, all of Baltimore, according to the indictment unsealed Wednesday. Toure was being sought by law enforcement officials; the others were arrested on Sunday and released Monday under the supervision of U.S. Pretrial Services.

To the police officer patrolling near BWI Marshall Airport around midnight, the maroon Lincoln sedan on New Ridge Road stood out. Two front headlights were out, and the windshield was caved in with "two large impact craters. " The female driver admitted being involved in an accident on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Baltimore but was "unsure what she hit," according to the police report. The man in the passenger seat said he had been asleep and remembered nothing. But prosecutors hope to show this week that the two switched seats in the 26 minutes between the time the car killed 16-year-old Courtney Angeles and 17-year-old Emerald Smith, and when the officer stopped the battered Lincoln in Anne Arundel County.

City police were investigating three overnight shootings that wounded three and left one dead. The fatal shooting occurred in the 900 block of N. Port St., in the Milton-Montford neighborhood of East Baltimore, at about 8:30 p.m. Police said a 47-year-old man was shot in the head and taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at about 10 p.m. Police have not released the victim's name pending notification of relatives, said spokesman...

A second man who was shot Monday night in Southwest Baltimore has died from his injuries, police said as they released the names of both victims Wednesday. Steven Fields, 19, of the 700 block of Mt. Holly St., died Tuesday night at University Hospital, police said. Fields and John Edwards, 17, of the 3900 block of Edmondson Ave., were both shot in the head Monday at about 9:30 p.m. in the 3500 block of W. Mulberry St., police said. Edwards, the third juvenile homicide victim this year in Baltimore, died that night about an hour later.

I located some job creators. Fells Point Wholesale Meats puts protein on the table every day at hundreds of restaurants and hotels from Cecil County to Northern Virginia. President Erik Oosterwijk hired 10 workers last year. Sales are growing by about a fifth annually. The company employs 60 people, who make decent pay with health insurance and a retirement plan. With more than $30 million in revenue, it keeps moving to larger and larger buildings to accommodate its growth. Apparently, Oosterwijk and Vice President Leo Pruissen, both from the Netherlands, believe the way to succeed is to obsess over quality, deliver great service and treat workers well instead of bellyaching about taxes and government and regulation.

A man was shot in the legs Tuesday evening in the Carrollton Ridge neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore. Officers responded at 5:42 p.m. to the report of a man lying in an alley in the 2200 block of Christian St. and found a 22-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds to the left leg and right knee, police said. The victim was taken to an area hospital. Officers have made no arrests and are continuing to investigate the shooting, police said. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call Baltimore police.