Bus Driver Fights Student on Bus

This is a whole other level.  A public bus driver fights a student on the bus.  Clearly, the bus wasn't going anywhere, nor was it on time.  Keeping it classy..

MTA Bus Driver FIGHTS STUDENT ON BUS IN BALTIMORE

Realistic View of Baltimore

Man hospitalized with skull fractures after downtown attack

Dang, it's not even safe to get lunch on a Friday afternoon in daylight.  Only one block from my apartment..

A 32-year-old man is in critical condition after being attacked in the middle of the day on a downtown Baltimore street, according to his family and police. 

John Mason has been hospitalized since Friday in an induced coma with three skull fractures as a result of the attack, which police believe occurred at about 2 p.m. on Friday at Lombard and Howard streets, near the Bromo Seltzer tower. Mason's aunt, Christina Jasi, said he had shoe prints bruised into his head.

Police said that witnesses said Mason was attacked by a group of four to five males. He was disoriented and combative when emergency personnel arrived on the scene, which they believe was a result of brain swelling. 

A motive is not known; Jasi said nothing was taken from Mason, but police speculated that the attack may have been an attempted robbery. 

Jasi said Mason lives in the 300 block of Cathedral Street, where he draws tattoos out of his home. Recently released from prison, she said he kept to himself and is dating a woman who works downtown, and was traveling back after getting lunch with her. 

"It's a 50/50 chance of survival," Jasi said. "Once he makes it past 72 hours, his chance of survival increases. The only reason we know what happened is because the doctor saw footprints on his head. They were able to tell us there are scrapes on both knees and palms, and maybe he was hit in the head and fell, and then from there was brutally kicked in the head."

Jasi said police did not get involved until many hours later. Anthony Guglielmi, the Police Department's chief spokesman, said patrol officers were involved in the initial call for an injured person, and only later were able to determine what happened and contacted district detectives, who investigate serious assaults. 

Guglielmi said detectives were pulling cameras from the area to try to get more leads. 

Car Alarm

Message from my apartment complex:
"We are preparing to tow a gold Acura with Maryland tags 6AD6142 because the alarm has been going off for an extended time, if you know to whom this car belongs, please have them shut it off before the tow truck arrives within the half hour."

Security Alert

Theft of Cell Phone (Off-Campus)

Where:                100 Block of N. Wolfe Street

When:                  October 24, 2012, 6:30 p.m.

Summary:           A staff member reported that she was walking southbound in the 100 block N. Wolfe Street listening to her iPhone through headphones when a teenager walking northbound on Wolfe Street grabbed her phone out of her hand and began running.  The victim chased the suspect north on Wolfe Street and discontinued the chase as the suspect ran into the 1800 block of Lamley Street.  The victim reported the incident to hospital security, and an immediate area canvass for the suspect was conducted by security officers and Baltimore City Police.  The suspect was not located.  The victim was not injured, and the phone was the only item taken in this incident.        

Wanted:            The suspect is described as an African-American teenage male, 16-18 years old, wearing a red baseball hat and blue jeans.

This incident is being actively investigated by the Baltimore Police Department.  If you witnessed the incident or have any information, please contact the Baltimore Police Department Southeastern District at 410-396-2422, or Corporate Security’s Investigations Unit at 410-955-9140 (refer to Incident Report Number 122J11275).

All faculty, staff and students are asked to keep their cell phones secure as they move about the city; victims are being targeted as they talk and text on the phones, not paying attention to their surroundings.

Should you find yourself the victim of a robbery, always remember to stay calm, listen and observe intently, do not resist, give up your property and report the crime as soon as possible.  Please Do Not chase a suspect as this increases your potential for serious injury.

For more crime prevention tips, please visit Corporate Security’s internal website and reference Security Information Bulletin “Electronic Thefts On The Rise” dated September 28, 2012.

This Security Alert can also be accessed by Johns Hopkins employees with JHM Intranet access on Corporate Security’s internal website.

Another Day on the Block

Outside my apartment

Police raid at my local Gold Buyers USA store

Just Another Monday Night in the Neighborhood

http://www.baltimorebeatdown.com/2012/10/18/3523374/10-ravens-were-in-local-club-during-shooting

On Monday, Brendon Ayanbadejo tweeted that Baltimore is a "violent city" when referring to an incident "at a club last weekend with 10 Ravens in the building. Scary."

The message was an apparent reference to a shooting outside Club Mirage, across from the Hippodrome Theater, where two people were shot at about 1 a.m. Monday. (Police did not report any other shootings near clubs last weekend.)

It was definitely a scary situation, and I'm just glad no one was hurt.