Stephen's analysis is correct. The incidents are not related and are not random
acts of violence . The victim from Friday night was not a resident of the
area. Homicide Unit is working on finding the assailants . Major Tapp-Harper
is in twice daily contact with Homicide downtown. Not more can be said now
because it would endanger the investigation. Rest assured that Homicide is
pursuing the investigation vigorously and the Major is keeping me posted.
The CVCA Safety Committee, through its participation on the Nuisance House
Subcommittee of the CVCBD Safety Advisory Council with reps from Harwood and
Old Goucher, will continue to work with the Northern District Police and the
City States Attorney's Office to rid our neighborhoods of problem houses where
criminal activity is occurring. If a person with a severe criminal history is
a tenant, we will contact the Landlord to discuss whether the Landlord is
employing standard criminal background checks as part of their leasing
process. If that Landlord seeks a zoning hearing on that property or another
property in Charles Village, The CVCA Land Use Committee will negotiate a good
neighbor agreement with them to enhance the safety of their buildings and their
leasing process as a condition to supporting their zoning request, if that
request is supportable. If you would like to volunteer to help with any of that
work, please let me know. So far we have identified 3 problem landlords and are
planning meetings with them.
You can help by doing the following: If you know of such an address, you can
start a diary with dates, times, and descriptions, of suspected illegal
activity (drugs, prostitution, gambling, noise disturbances) that you observe,
911 calls you have made, and persons involved in such suspected illegal
activity. You can deliver that information to me, I will keep your identity
confidential, and I will make sure that the address is added to our Nuisance
House List for further investigation by the Police and States Attorney's
office. Depending on the nature of activity observed and the number of
arrests made at that address, the police may first visit the residents, contact
the Landlord, and later bring a receive rship action to remove the owner from
title to the Property.
You can also help by joining the Neighborhood Walkers on Patrol whose walks
are listed on the CVCBD website at www.charlesvillage.org . Or by being
observant on your blocks and calling 911 when you spot suspicious activity.
That way, the police may be able to prevent a crime from happening. Let me know
if you need an application for a crime watch number for anonymous 911
reporting.
Sharon L. Guida, CVCA Safety Committee
410-467-4409
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen J Gewirtz" <gewi...@bellatlantic.net>
To: "Charles Village Discussion List" <discuss...@charlesvillage.info>
Cc: "Charles Village Chat listserve" <chat@charlesvillage.info>, "Lauren
Redmond" <lauren1redm...@gmail.com>, "Village Parents"
<charles-village-pare...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 3:00:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Chat] [Discussion] Shooting tonight
According to the Sun, the victim had died. That means that we have just had
two murders in Charles Village approximately a day apart (the other was
Thursday evening in the 2300 block of Charles), and both involve shooting at
the head of the victim. Whether they are related and whether, as now appears
based on minimal evidence, they are both drug related and are not random
remains to be determined by homicide detectives, but clearly we have a bad
situation in our neighborhood.
Let us just hope that the police get lucky. Sometimes, just flooding an area
with police will have an officer in the right place at the right time to solve
a serious crime. An officer in the right place at the right time led to the
solving of the Stephen Pitcairn murder within about 12 hours of the murder. We
need some similar luck now.
Steve
On 10/12/12 11:54 PM, Lauren Redmond wrote:
Came home tonight to a full-blown crime scene on my block. Again, this is too
close to home. The rumors are that it was drug-related and not a random act of
violence. Do you think it might be time to shut down the drug houses on the
adjacent streets?
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/breaking/bs-md-briefs-1013-woman-shot-20121012,0,3917149.story
Lauren
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