Seems like the neighborhood is going to the dogs......Things are getting worse in the County...........Creeping blight from the city coming into the 'safe' county.......

John L. ~ You are so right. Hunt Valley/Cockeysville areas are definately feeling this. Not so crime free anymore !

Have to agree. Crime is spreading everywhere and seems to only be getting worse....

I think things are better, and so does Jimmy Johnson.
http://essex.patch.com/blog_posts/in-2011-crime-continued-long-term-downward-trend

Any bets if this mutt had a record or if was in this country illegally?

As for Jim Johnson, he is a mutt.

Hmmm...he was charged in 2008 with Perverted Practice however the case was nolle prosequi (meaning that it was not prosecuted). This DOES NOT mean that he ever did anything wrong. Someone must have accused him of whatever earned the perverted practice charge but, upon further investigation, the state's attorney either thought that there was not enough evidence to proceed, the original complaintant may have changed their story, any number of things may have led to the decision to nolle prosequi.

Is this what caused the traffic snarls in the area several hours later? I was so far back, I thought there was an accident when we were blocked from taking Joppa and Goucher. How sad that someone was not safe in his own home. My sympathy to his family.

The only good advice my father ever gave me was when he told me, thirty years ago, not to buy a house in Baltimore County. He said that it would end up becoming an extension of Baltimore City. I didn't listen. He was right.

There is not doubt that there is "city crime creep" including murder, but Baltimore County has an excellent Police Force. The Baltimore County State's Attorney works closely with the Baltimore County Police in being proactive in ferreting out criminals and prosecuting them.

The Carney Improvement Association has had joint presentations from the State's Attorney and the Parkville Precinct Commander. They are serious about stopping and prosecuting crime to the fullest extent of the law.

The racist comments that continue to persist on this site never cease to amaze. Perhaps Grace B., you should buy an island and buy soccer ball (draw a face on it) and use it as a friend. Crime is in every where. Be they burglaries, murders, or whatever. Many of them caused by family members or people you know. Statistics show less crime comes from people travelling distances to commit them. Perhaps you will remember the local WHITE radio and tv broadcaster who broke in his elderly
white neighbors house and stole Oxys. He madame lived next door and that was in your area.

Thanks M. Sullivan. I was thinking the same thing before you replied to Darnell.

Good point Evets. There will always the same people with the same negative attitude come on here to 'share' themselves.

Alsawab Sawab was a very nice guy i live in the building next to his and i saw him all the time. And for the person questioning his race he was black not an illegal immigrant. He will be missed. R.I.P

damn my long time little brother sawab just heard the news when i came from work. for most people it just body dead.but for is little son were is my dad.R.I.P LITTLE BRO

When commenting on anything you should take time to think about the family that lost a loved one and be a little more sensitive. Go blog something you know not what you think, opinions are not needed when it comes to a loss.

You will never be forgotten

See ppl r so f***kin rude that was my brother in law and yall r so quick to judge. I hope u suffer for the things u say bout ppl. Gone but never forgotten Insha Allah Sawab u will truely be loved and miss.... May Allah guide u

Hey eddy, Chantee, and SamiyahSawab, I only see one post in this whole thread that was specifically negative toward the victim. So, what are you people whining about?

Sawab was a wonderful man and a wonderful father! I loved him with every part of me! We all make mistakes in life, but God should always have the final say. No one deserves to die against Gods will and the person who did this will reap the benefit of the seed they choose to sew. Every thing I used to do with him I'll have to learn to do alone. For some of us, this is not about race, sin, his past or the neighborhood, this is simply about losing someone we loved very much and now trying to figure out how to move on without him...so if any of you have any decency, wish his family your condolences and say a prayer that God continue to protect your family and cover the neighborhood he was killed in.

I love you Sawab aka "my Aladdin" ...my heart aches for you and I don't know If I'm capable of loving anyone else the way that I loved you baby. Rest in Paradise and visit me in my dreams!

If anyone knows of funeral arrangements i am looking for information i would like to attend

@jay the services were yesterday in New Jersey.

Thank you jasmine

While im sorry to his family and those that knew him.. He was a drug dealer. Everyone saw randos walking up to his door and leaving very shortly after, and everyone noticed him peeking out the window when they pulled up to the building. I'm honestly relieved the sketchiness and potential danger he was putting each resident through is over now. He and his family were not the only ones that called this building home and to bring dirty business into the place that other people call home is disrespectful as hell and pretty disgraceful too.

Is he the guy that recently got his braces off? I knew a couple of guys that lived in that building. I hope it's not him :-(

Since the deceased Sawab was a drug dealer, I guess it would be accurate to assume he was shot by either another drug dealer or some scum he was selling drugs to. None of this is about race--it's about crime! No matter how much the deceased was loved by his family, or what a great guy he was, he was a CRIMINAL attracting scum into our county. And--drug addicts are not human. They'll kill anyone in their way if then need a fix.

How dare you.... Who are you to judge

Princess jasmine?? Who are you?? I hope u no that we were engaged

@princess jasmine idk who you are or were to him but I hope you respect the fact that he was my fiancé... Thankyou

@camille are you his girl from Vegas?

Alsawab didnt have a girl from Vegas I'm from jersey and were together and very happy for the past year he was my fiancé

@camille oh okay maybe you're the girl we saw him with one day. It actually was a little while before the shooting. Were you here like October November at all?

I was there every weekend ever since he moved there