The humungous mulch fire at the Ritchie Road landfill is finally out. I had relatives from all over calling me about that; didn’t know the fire had gone national. Speaking of going national, Governor O’Malley is serious about running for President in 2016. Before he makes a run for it, maybe he can clean up the MESS that is the Baltimore Corrections Facility where at least 4 female corrections agents have been impregnated by the same prisoner, and they all have tatto0s of his name on their persons. Classy.
From the Daily Beast, "That O’Malley has presidential aspirations should surprise exactly no one—the two-term governor has been hinting at a run for several years now. They came, however, amid a week of press coverage for O’Malley on the likes of which political consulting salaries are earned: Politico called him “Mr. Fix-It.” The Washington Post said the governor was boosting his “liberal credentials” in advance of 2016, and The New York Times gave him the front of its national section under the headline, “As Governor Steers Maryland to the Left, Talk Turns to 2016.” Much of this coverage has been generated by the most recent session of the Maryland General Assembly, which, under O’Malley’s prodding, seems to be attempting to turn the Old Line State into a mid-Atlantic Sweden: among the measures the legislature passed this year are stringent new gun-control rules, the abolishment of the death penalty, a medical-marijuana law, and higher gas taxes to pay for infrastructure projects.
It would seem the constituents in Baltimore are in need of some major fixing as it pertains to the criminal justice system. The Black Guerrilla Gang has taken over the Baltimore City Detention Center according to ALL accounts. TIME magazine, CNN, USATODAY, CBS News, I mean EVERYBODY is covering this story and it's bound to make it into the movie theaters.
The indictment alleges that that Tavon White, an inmate known as "Bulldog," took control of the prison gang soon after his arrival in 2009 on an attempted-murder charge. "This is my jail," White said on an intercepted phone call, according to the indictment. "I'm dead serious. … I make every final call in this jail … and nothing go past me, everything come to me."
Tavon "Bulldog" White
From TIME, "The indictment says inmates paid their co-conspirators through Green Dot Money Pak prepaid cards, and even purchased luxury items for guards who were working with the gang. For example, officials say White gave corrections officer Jennifer Owens a diamond ring and bought Mercedes Benz, BMW and Acura automobiles for Owens, Katera Stevenson, Chania Brooks and Tiffany Lender — all guards that he allegedly had sexual relationships with. These relationships, the indictment says, were used to influence the women who in turn helped the smuggling operation.
But these five were not the only ones involved, according to the indictment. Eight other prison officers performed duties ranging from smuggling contraband into the prison to tipping off BGF members about law enforcement “shakedowns” to standing lookout while the guards had sex with inmates. All of the 13 corrections officers accused in the indictment are female.
The scheme was busted when 30 Maryland corrections officers from outside BCDC, along with federal agents, carried out surprise searches of inmate cells, unearthing caches of drugs including oxycodone, benzodiazepines, hydrocodone and marijuana. Each of the 25 accused are charged with racketeering, drug trafficking, extortion, bribery and money laundering. The defendants face a maximum 20 years imprisonment if convicted. One suspect, Ralph Timmons Jr., who was not an inmate, was included in the charges, but was killed in a robbery hours before the indictment came down.
Gary P. Maynard, head of the Maryland public safety department, which administers the BCDC acknowledged the gap that allowed the scheme to operate in the first place and vowed to make changes. “Everything that happens in this department is my responsibility,” Maynard told The Baltimore Sun. “It’s totally on me.”
