[Chat] Stabbing on 3000-block of Guilford

[Stephen J Gewirtz]

Emil,

My wife woke me up last night about 11 because there were police cars 
and ambulances near the other end of the block.  When  I spoke to people 
closer to the scene than your house, they told me that the victim had 
been stabbed in the mouth and the shoulder and was expected to recover.  
It is certainly fortunate that he is expected to recover.

Let us hope that the perpetrator is caught quickly.  Fortunately, 
Northern District generally does a good job of catching criminals.

And when there is an arrest, I certainly plan to follow the court 
proceedings closely.  My reports generally go on the discussion list.

Fortunately, what happened last night is rare on our block.  I do not 
recall any crime like this one in the 41 years that I have lived on the 
block.

On the other hand, there was a burglary on our block early one morning 
in June where the perpetrator rifled through kitchen knives, left them, 
and left the house with 4 bottles of wine.  If he had been surprised by 
the victim, it might have been tragic.  As it happened, the alleged 
perpetrator, Thomas Causion, was arrested drinking the wine on 
Greenmount Avenue minutes after the burglary, is currently in jail 
apparently unable to post $55,000 bail, and is currently scheduled for 
trial in Circuit Court October 24.  See the discussion list for details.

One lesson is that we all should make it as difficult as possible for 
someone to break into a house through a first floor window.  My 
impression (but I am not sure) is that that was the means of entry last 
night.

BTW, one can sign up for crime bulletins from Johns  Hopkins University, 
and what appears in those bulletins generally is reproduced in the 
weekly crime bulletins from the benefits district.  I expect that we 
will get more information today from the JHU bulletin.

And please tell your new next door neighbor that we all welcome her to 
the neighborhood and that what happened is not typical of what happens 
on  the 3000 block of Guilford.  JHU patrols the 3000, 3100 and 3200 
blocks of Guilford extensively, and in fact, one of its vehicles is used 
almost exclusively to patrol just those 3 blocks.  That is a definite 
help to our block.

Steve

On 8/23/2011 11:28 PM, Emil Volcheck wrote:
> Hello, neighbors,
>
> There was a serious stabbing attack on our block.
> The story we heard is that a man returned home to
> find an intruder who attacked and stabbed him multiple
> times.  Police arrived about 10 minutes after the 911
> call.  I saw them wheel the man away on a stretcher.
> He was conscious and lifted his head.  I could see
> blood on his legs.  Somebody heard him joke that he
> thinks he won't be going to work tomorrow.
>
> Guilford at 31st is taped off as a crime scene and
> the police just asked everyone to go inside.
> Nobody we talked to saw the attacker.
>
> We have a friend who moved next door just a week
> ago.  She came to Charles Village to find a safer
> neighborhood.  What a welcome.
>
> --Emil
>