On Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the hour of 6:00 a.m. this man broke into a home on New York Avenue, stole items and assaulted the homeowner.
He is approximately 19-22 years of age.
He is about 5'7" to 6-ft tall and very thin - you can see his tendons thru his skin on his arms, and his facial cheeks are sunken in - very very muscular.
He is African American, but a light "brown" vs. black skin color. He has a large nose but not wide spread.
He has no facial hair, moles, scars, .... very "clean" looking.
He has very nice straight white teeth.
His eyes are very round with dilated pupils and lots of white space.
He also has long thin fingers with nails that appear to have been manicured.
(description provided by the victim)
He has been seen repeatedly in and around N. Division Street between Walnut St to New York Ave, mostly around Lehigh - Philadelphia. He has also been seen near and going in the 2nd house in on N. Division from Philadelphia. Another location where he has been seen visiting is 221 New York Avenue. The police have been notified each time he has been seen in the area yet, no action on the part of police.
The attacker knows his way around Johnson Lake & Newtown well and has the ability to just vanish when he knows he is being followed or observed. He has vanished on Walnut and on Lehigh going towards Rt. 13 in and around some run down houses.
It took the Salisbury Police Dept 90 days to set an appointment with Dr. Kim, head of the art department at Salisbury University, to do an artists rendering of this criminal? Why, what took so long?
Former neighbors of the victim heard her screaming from her window for help. The wife called the police and stayed on the line with them while her husband was brave enough to follow the attacker up New York Avenue. He saw the attacker go behind the 2nd house from the corner of New York on Division St. The neighbors husband saw where the attacker went, got a very clear description of him. He then relayed all of this information to the police at 6:30 a.m. The police never went to the house on Division St until 2:30 p.m. The attacker was not at the location 8 HOURS LATER. The victim has seen the attacker again in her neighborhood, called the police, when they finally arrive, they go in the residence, come out and say "It's not him". NEVER do they ask the victim to make an identification. NEVER is she given the opportunity to make an identification.
When the victim asked the police to take fingerprints from her home she was told they were not equipped to do that. What police agency does not have access to a crime lab or other agency that is equipped to lift fingerprints? Then Chief Webster visits the victim, 10 hours later, at 4:30 p.m.. Miraculously they have the ability to lift fingerprints at 6:30 p.m., 12 hours after the crime was committed. By this time, after being told they had no way to lift prints, the victim cleaned up the mess left by the attacker. The victim asked Chief Webster many times WHY his men did NOT follow up ASAP and his reply was ...."I don't know, don't have an answer, perhaps change of shifts...." An answer like that will certainly promote confidence in the police. NOT!!! Although Chief Webster is convinced this was a random crime it is no excuse for the lackadaisical attitude displayed by him, the highest ranking police officer in the city.
The assistance of the community is requested. Please enlarge the photo and print it out. Keep your eyes open for this guy. Let us free our community of people like this. If you see this man, call CRIME SOLVERS at 410-548-1776
10 comments:
If all details of this incident is true, yesterday should have been Webster's last day at the helm. Cannot believe that the victim was told that they could not lift prints. 90 days for a composite.... not acceptable either. I hate to hear all the ineptness that seem to exist with SPD. This would not have occured with Coulborn Dykes!!!!!!
Riddle me this:
If the suspect has been seen going into a particular house then why hasn't a warrant been issued for the house and its occupants?Somebody in the neighbrohood knows something.Make it very uncomfortable and inconvenient for them to cover for this animals and they will sing like the proverbial bird.
I hope the next person he attacks is armed and puts a cap in his arse since its obvious the cops will never get him.
More of the same for which Mayor Ireton will do nothing!
Jack, all accounts in this article were provided by the victim. She has approached the city council with her concerns a week after the attack. To date, she still has no answers and no arrest has been made.
Well, the Shore Stop on Mt. Herman Road was robbed last night! I have never seen this many robberies in Salisbury during my entire life! This time it is hitting closer to my home and closer to schools...I can tell you all this much, I pitty the fool that tries to rob me or my family because they will be walking away (if they are lucky to even walk away) with some 9MM Shrapnel embedded throughout their body from my Sig P226! I may carry my gun illegally, but with all of these thugs out there I have to protect my family, my business and myself. I'm actually working on getting a permit to legally carry a concealed weapon because I often do late night cash drops at the bank. If the police can't protect me, I will do it myself and I am certainly not afraid of putting these criminals in the ground where they can't disrupt society any more! I suggest that everybody, or at least those competent of doing so, exercise their right to bare arms in order to protect themselves!
I got news for anyone that comes to my home with the wrong intentions. We will not be calling the police. The coroner will have a tough time doing an autopsy after they scoop up the remains left by my sawed off, double barreled shotgun. This is definitely not a threat, it is a definite promise.
why in the world did you contact the salisbury police department, why didnt you contact sherriff mike lewis who would be on ths guy and he would be behind bars now. People like tis need to be off our streets,especially to protect our children coming into this world. i have family members in that area especially young nieces would not want this guy to harm them. god for bed lets do something.
He looks hungry. Invite him in for lead slug sandwich?
Ricky Dale Gramm. Bad news. His mom lives over that way.
That is NOT Ricky Dale Graham in that composite sketch-Graham is a skinny white guy.
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