Columbia Man Faces Federal Charges After Failed Undercover Police Sting
A Columbia man known by the nickname "Bloody Mike" faces federal assault and robbery charges.
On Nov. 8 of last year, Howard County Police responded to an armed robbery in Kings Contrivance. According to the Sun, the incident was a failed undercover police sting targeting Michael Dominique Johnson, 19, of Columbia.
Police reportedly asked a police informant to attempt to make an undercover gun buy from suspects including Johnson at a house in Kings Contrivance in November, but the informant was robbed and pistol-whipped, according to the Sun.
Johnson, a suspected Bloods gang member who is known by the name "Bloody Mike," faces federal assault and robbery charges, reports the Sun.
An Ellicott City man and Savage teenager also face charges in the incident.
Bryan Alexander Mays, 24, of Ellicott City faces federal robbery and weapons charges.
Matthew Walters, 16, of Savage, faces state charges as an adult for robbery and gun possession.
Here is what Patch reported on the original crime report, from the Howard County Police Department:
Shortly before 4 p.m. on Nov. 8, two unknown male suspects approached a victim in a parking lot on the 9700 block of Clocktower Lane, displayed a gun and robbed the victim.
Kathryn Pinto
10:23 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Another example of how safe we are...NOT!
K
10:39 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Another success story for section 8 housing!!! Thanks to HUD for the never-ending flow of these thugs that they are bringing into our HoCo communities that can essentially live here for free.
O'Mally should cut HUD funding instead of raising the taxes of the people that actually work.
Polly
8:26 am on Friday, June 1, 2012
@K - I read the article twice and nowhere did I see it mentioned that these thugs were brought here by HUD or Section 8. Are you so naive to think that there aren't any property owning, tax paying citizen thugs? Surely you jest. Thugs live everywhere. No community is exempt. All thugs aren't living on the dole either.
Brook Hubbard
9:13 am on Friday, June 1, 2012
Having some personal history with this element, I can tell you that while there is no proven causation between housing assistance programs and crime, there ~is~ a correlation. Many times it may not even be the family in question receiving assistance so much as relatives or friends, people who would normally not even visit this area otherwise.
Also, you are correct that "thugs" live everywhere and aren't always (or even often) receiving housing assistance. However, most "thugs" that set up shop in suburban neighborhoods choose to be quiet. Otherwise, if they are up to something, why would they attract the attention of the police?
That being said, Section 8 does not belong in Columbia. If you're so poor you require government assistance to pay your rent then you are too poor to live in an area where food is 8% higher, utilities are 17% higher, and overall Cost-of-Living is 33% higher than the national average. People who require government handouts should be required to make proper financial priorities to retain those handouts. I shouldn't see a Section 8 townhouse with a brand new SUV parked out front and a Verizon truck installing FiOS.