Robbery
S. Broadway, 200 block, June 19, 4:45 a.m. Police reported to the scene of a disturbance and found a man and woman arguing. The woman told police, “He (meaning the man) took my cell phone.” The man replied, “F—k you, this is all your fault; you shouldn’t have cheated on me.” The man assumed a fighting stance, and police arrested him. He dropped the woman’s cell phone, which was given back to the woman.
Fleet Street, 2500 block, June 18, 11:55 p.m. A woman told police that she was out walking when she was approached by two men who threatened her with a knife and robbed her of her cell phone.
Bank Street, 2100 block, June 17, 12:45 a.m. A woman told police that she was out walking when a man approached her from behind, put a chain around her neck and said, “Shut the f—k up and give me your purse.” The woman said, “The hell I am,” and fought back. The man shoved the woman into an alley and took her purse, described as handmade with a picture of a female vampire surrounded by flowers. Police found an object nearby which might have been used to choke the woman, a “Maryland Transit” lanyard.
N. Decker Avenue, 100 block, June 16, 1:30 p.m. A 9-year-old boy told police that he was on the sidewalk in front of his home when he was approached by approached by four teenaged boys, one of whom grabbed and punched him, said, “This is my bike” and took his bicycle.
N. HIghland Avenue, 100 block, June 15, 4:10 a.m. A man told police he was standing at a bus stop when he was robbed at gunpoint and made to walk to an ATM to withdraw money. A suspect was located and arrested, and a B.B. gun was confiscated. The suspect did not have all the money on his person, but he did have a bag containing fried chicken.
Aggravated Assault
E. Pratt Street, 1300 block, June 19, 12:45 p.m. A man told police that he and his girlfriend had argued about another woman, and that she had hit him in the elbow. He told police that this action “had knocked a screw out.” He could not provide his girlfriend’s current address.
N. Robinson Street, 500 block, June 19, 7:05 p.m. A woman told police that her baby’s father had walked into her house to talk to her about the child, but that she did not want to talk. The man became irritated and threw a television at her, then pushed her into a door and choked her, then struck her on the head with a pipe, telling her, “Ima kill you , bitch.” He then fled the scene.
N. Montford Avenue, 200 block, June 19, 7:18 p.m. Police were called to the scene of a fight between two women. One woman sustained extensive facial injuries because the other had been wielding a box cutter. The assailant was arrested, but before being jailed, claimed she was hyperventilating and having a seizure. She was examined by a local hospital and then taken to Central Booking.
Holabird Avenue, 6700 block, June 19, 11:30 p.m. A man told police that he was trying to be the peacemaker in an altercation, but that he had been attacked by several of the people already involved in the fight. One man was arrested.
Boston Street, 2600 block, June 18, 9 a.m. A woman was on the job at a grocery store when her boyfriend came in and began yelling at her. He threw a handful of change at her and then left. He was arrested a short time later.
Noble Street, 3300 block, June 15, 9:30 p.m. A man told police that he was approached by several two suspects, a man and woman in their late teens or early 20s. One suspect hit him with a bat, causing him to fall, and the other kicked him several times in the ribs. They then fled the scene. Warrants were obtained for their arrest, since the victim could identify both of them by name, and could provide an address for the man.
E. Fairmount Avenue, 3500 block, June 15, 9:55 p.m. A man told police that his girlfriend had hit him with a broom. She was arrested.
S. Broadway, 200 block, June 14, 1:03 a.m. One woman told police that she was in her home when she saw a second woman standing on top of her son’s truck, yelling. The first woman went outside and told the woman to stop, and the second woman hit her on the head with a baseball bat. The assailant was arrested.
N. Montford Avenue, 200 block, June 14, 10 a.m. A woman told police that her husband had taken their child, then tried to hit her with his car. He was arrested. The two had been arguing over overnight custody of the child.
N. East Avenue, 400 block, June 14, 7:27 p.m. A man told police that his wife had cut him with a knife, then hit him over the head with a glass cup. Police arrested the woman, who appeared intoxicated. It was revealed that the two had been arguing because the man had been on the phone with his lawyer about a prior traffic arrest.
Claremont Avenue, 3900 block, June 14, 7:19 p.m. A woman told police that her husband had been assaulted by a man who had been wielding a belt. They had previously been arguing. The suspect fled to a nearby bar, where he was arrested.
N. Curley Street, 400 block, June 14, 12:51 a.m. Police responded to a report of gunshots and found bullet holes in a house. A woman told them that she was removing the air conditioner unit from her window when someone fired shots at her. A teenaged boy was arrested.
S. Broadway, 700 block, June 13, 7 p.m. A man told police that he and his friend were drinking in a bar when he was told that he had had enough to drink. He began drinking a glass of water while waiting for his friend to finish his beer. The bouncer had told the two to leave, and the man said, “Let my friend finish his beer.” The bouncer said, “No, that will take too long and jerked the barstool out from under one of the men, causing him to fall and strike his head, which began to bleed profusely. The bouncer ejected the two men from the bar. Police arrived and arrested him.
O’Donnell Street, 6500 block, June 6, 9:30 p.m. A man told police that he went into his girlfriend’s house to retrieve his air conditioner, and she attacked him and beat him with a cordless phone, earphone wire and a metal spoon. She was arrested.
Burglary
Fait Avenue, 3200 block, June 19, 3 a.m. Someone damaged the window screen on a house and cracked the window. There were footprints under the window. Nothing appeared to have been taken.
N. Luzerne Avenue, 500 block, June 19, 11 a.m. Someone broke into a home through a rear basement door and took a gun, ammunition and coins.
Comet Court, 1000 block, June 18, 5:50 p.m. Someone smashed a kitchen window and entered a home, taking $250 cash.
Bouldin Street, 6100 block, June 17, 3:35 p.m. Someone kicked in the front door of a house. The alarm went off, scaring away the intruder.
Montford Avenue, 400 block, June 17, 4 p.m. Someone broke into a home through a rear window and took cash, a TV, a computer and electronic games.
Ballou Court, 200 block, June 15, 4 a.m. Someone reached through a mail slot and opened a front door, then took a Jazzy Electric Wheelchair, red in color.
Larceny
Fait Avenue, 3100 block, June 15, 2:39 p.m. An elderly woman answered a knock on her door and a man told her that he worked for Baltimore City and would like to know whether she was interested in a handicapped parking space. She told the man she was interested, and let him into the house, whereupon he told her he would have to perform an inspection of her home to determine if she was really handicapped. He spent several minutes walking around on the second floor, then asked her to go into the basement and show him where the electrical sockets were by banging on walls and ceilings, while he remained upstairs. When she came back upstairs, she asked him for his city I.D. He told her he did not have it, and walked out. She then realized that cash and jewelry had been taken.
Holabird Avenue, 6500 block, June 15, 1 a.m. A warrant was obtained for a man’s arrest for stealing from his employer, a seafood restaurant.
Joplin Street, 400 block, June 14, 5 p.m. Neighbors reported that two men had backed a truck up to a house and had stolen a stove, dryer, fridge, washer, toaster and microwave. Police pulled over the suspect vehicle (described as a big white truck with a big red heart on it) and the driver said, “That’s mine; I found it in a vacant house.” He was arrested.
Neighborhood Watch is a representative, not a comprehensive, account of crimes reported in the Southeastern District over the past week. This week’s Neighborhood Watch was compiled by Mary Helen Sprecher.
