Yes--they are back in the neighborhood and have been going through cars in Guilford again on Charles Street, My neighbor heard somebody in his car at 2am two weeks ago -- the horn beeped -- and he called 911. He saw the guy -- tall and wearing a hoodie. The thief went *through the backyard* to a house on the St. Paul side and my neighbor followed him around the block. He crossed paths with the guy after he saw him in a driveway and didn't say anything. As the guy was walking away down St. Paul's , he turned around and said, "Are you looking at me?" My neighbor didn't say anything. He *assumed the police came* because he heard sirens a few minutes later. These guys are not afraid of being caught or being detained for any length of time. The criminals walk through backyards like they own the place. He stole some loose change in the car. They have it down to a science. They send little kids to case the neighborhoods and then follow up. Even if the police do catch them--they will be back on the street in no time. This will never change.

End of story? What crap.

Well maybe "crap" was a bit harsh unless you were supplied with additional information from the police that you purposely omitted. Myself, like many other readers zero in on articles mentioning violent crime to see where it occurred and if there is any factors involved that would indicate if it was random act or just the revenge of one thug to another thug etc. Was the victim a student? Was the victim not a student? Was a description of the perpetrators given in the police report? Readers appreciate that the Patch reports on such events, but getting such little information makes one wonder how much of the police report really got transferred into the story. For instance, one of your colleagues reported on a domestic incident in quite some detail and seemed to interject a bit of flavor to spice up a story about a wife shmoosing up to her husband and boyfriend both, one of which was named "Bubba". I admit I enjoyed the Bubba story and all it's dysfunction, and making it more humorous is that I know that I'm not Bubba's next random victim. To justify my comment, how is it that one article who's info. was ascertained from a police report can have some much superfluous info. when another one has important info. missing? Was one police report detailed and the other not detailed? I'm assuming you ascertained at least a description of the perpetrators in viewing the police report. Forgive me if I'm wrong.

Thanks for reporting back Mr. Bednar. Is Baltimore really that sad that the police have come to this point? I'm old enough to remember when getting held up with a gun and beaten up was a big deal. It's just another day in the hood I guess. I would think that the cops would take a description of the thugs and disseminate it to at least the other officers so to be on the lookout.