As a Human Interest Writer and Trained Journalist, I very rarely if ever respond publicly to criticism of my literary work. My intent has always been to offer a perspective regarding News Worthy Stories that appeal to the masses, and also for the purpose of stimulating dialogue, consciousness, and critical thinking where by society at

On the morning that Maryland State Natural Resource Police pulled the badly decomposed remains of Phylicia Barnes from the Susquehanna River, little did they know that their work had just begun. A very short time later, crews working south of the Conowingo Dam alerted them that they had happened upon yet another body in the

The Conowingo Dam: Located in Northern Maryland, separating Hardford and Cecil Counties, and the site where the physical remains of Phylicia Barnes was discovered Now that the body of Pretty Monroe, N.C. Honor Teen Phylicia Barnes has been pulled from the fast streaming waters of the Susquehanna River in Northern Maryland, it’s time to take

The News Story made National Media Headlines, was featured on Nightline, and set a New Standard for Violence in Baltimore City when 4 young Black Men Killed 5 Women Execution Style in the City’s Belair Edison Community. The Killings sparked outrage by Women Rights Advocate Organizations and became characterized as the Apex of Violence against

  They brought ATVs (All Terrain Vehicles), Heat Seeking Helicopters, Law Enforcement from 10 Local, Federal, State Agencies, and volunteers from the Guardian Angels as well as Students from Coppin State and Morgan state Universities to the Pataspco State Park in a massive effort to locate the remains of 17 year old Phylicia Barnes. It

He had spent the early evening hours Ministering to a Congregation at a local Memphis Church, spoke about the “difficulties ahead” for the Civil Rights Movement, and the plight of City Sanitation Workers in which he had come to Tennessee to support. On this night, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King would unknowingly make an

As the Cruise Missiles launch from U.S. Warships targeting Air Defense Installations in the Sovereign Nation of Libya, many of us who remember, know it was not long ago that America committed these same kinds of heinous acts before against this North African Country. In that Military Campaign Moammar Gadhafi’s Wife and Child were killed.

When reports first emerged about 16 year old Honor Student Phylicia Barnes, the Media reported that details were very sketchy about the Beautiful Monroe, N.C. teen’s disappearance, and only offered the rationalization that the child went missing after walking to a local establishment to purchase food. Police have only dispersed minimal information regarding the Investigation

13 years Later And The Nightmares Still Come Warning: Blog Post may be Extremely Offensive On occasion I would work the 11-7 shift. For me it was a chance to get some relaxation, the Inmates are all locked in, and the hardest part of working the shift, so I thought, was the body count. We

It’s 317 a.m. EST and I am up again, cup of coffee in my hand, and shaking like a Junkie who needs a fix. I slow drag on a frog and wipe the type of my head in a backward motion trying to gain my composure, while starring glassy eyed into the T.V., but it’s