Author Archives: Michelle Richardson

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO Three teenagers are victims of the city’s latest crime spree according to the Baltimore Police Department (BPD).  A 14-year-old boy was stabbed at the Inner Harbor on Nov. 11, said Baltimore Detective Donny Moses.  The teen was in the 4500 block of E. Pratt Street around 5:00 p.m. when […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO Unstoppable.  That sums up the Upsilon Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated- Baltimore County’s only graduate chapter of the first Black greek sorority.  Upsilon Epsilon Omega Chapter Officers. On Oct. 5, the chapter held their first Level Up! Women’s Conference. Held in the Dundalk area of […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO On Labor Day, Rockville teen Bailey Reeves, 17, was killed in Northeast Baltimore. Reeves is the 17th trans person to be killed in 2019.  At 8:05p.m. police were called for reports of shots fired in the 4300 block of Parkwood Avenue. When units arrived, they found an adult female […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO On June 7, 2009, at 11:00 a.m., Dana Richardson, 44 or as her family called her “Nupe,” was found dead in his Reservoir Hill apartment in the 900 block of Brooks Lane. Richardson, who was born male, but lived as a transgender woman had been stabbed to death. Ten […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO August 14, a Baltimore jury found Keon Gray guilty in the murder of seven-year-old Taylor Hayes last July. Gray, was found guilty of second degree murder and a total of seven of 19 counts against him including: second-degree murder of Taylor Hayes and use of a firearm in commission […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO The Baltimore City Fire Department (BCFD) and the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) continue to investigate several fires that occurred in the Edmondson Village community of Southwest Baltimore in the early morning hours of July 29.   Fire crews battled reported fires in the 500 block of Wildwood Parkway, the 500 […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO Earlier this week, a member of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), was shot and two people were killed during an attempted robbery of a methadone clinic in North Baltimore. Police responded to the Man Alive Methadone Clinic at 2117 Maryland Avenue on July 15,  at approximately 7:00am for a […]

By Michelle Richardson, Special to the AFRO A 17-year-old West Baltimore Teen out on bond for robbery charges is now suspected in a double homicide. Charles Anderson was one of 64 people arrested in a three-day sweep according to Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison in a press conference held last week. The operation aimed to catch […]