MDE Issues Enforcement Actions Against 9 Baltimore City Property Owners

October 5, 2009

The Maryland Department of the Environment issued enforcement actions against nine Baltimore City property owners, whose properties were alleged to be out of complaince.  The actions resulted in a total of $205,000 in fines, and a total of 59 affected properties (property owners listed below).  Kudos to MDE Secretary Shari Wilson and her staff for their dedication to this issue.

• Elizabeth Isabemoh
• Robert Lambert,
• West End Ventures, LLC and Curtis E. Boteler
• Marsha Johnson Gladden
• Marc Wynder and 3031 Oakley Avenue, LLC
• BH Property Management, LLC and Jadwong Paul Olweny
• Shelton A. Burton
• Ernest Spellen and Sandra Spellen
• Brett Rodgers

MDE Issues Enforcement Actions Against 28 Baltimore City Property Owners

This month, the MDE has been busy citing Baltimore City property owners for lead paint violations — 28 property owners in all, resulting in $404,750 for 121 affected properties.  Read the original press release here.

The property owners fined were as follows:

• Darnell G. Collins
• Ella L. Neal & Kim I. Brown
• Herbert Lee Belton
• Edward B. & Theodore S. Thornton
• Property Resources, LLC
• SUP Investments, LLC
• Blue Globe Properties, LLC
• Jin Suk Kim
• Mohammad T. Rahman
• Javed M. Nasir
• Mohammad Khalid
• 10th Baltimore Acquisition, LLC
• 4th Baltimore Acquisition
• Marsha J. Hitch
• Ruth A. Driver
• Deborah L. Chandler-Jackson
• Raymond D. & Marjorie M. Sells
• Lateef Aderomilehin
• De Soto Apartments, LLC
• Magnolia Properties Management, LLC
• Charoles Goldsborough
• Magnolia Property Management, Inc.
• Raymond R. & Norine Katzen
• Ibiom Ikotidem
• Wilco Management Holdings, LLC

Once again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank Secretary Shari Wilson and her staff for a job well done!

MDE Issues Enforcement Actions Against Three Baltimore City Slumlords

MDE’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Program serves as the coordinating agency of statewide efforts to eliminate childhood lead poisoning. Under the 1994 “Reduction of Lead Risk in Housing Law,” MDE assures compliance with mandatory requirements for lead risk reduction in rental units built before 1950, maintains a statewide listing of registered and inspected units, and provides blood lead surveillance through a registry of test results of all children tested in Maryland. The following actions were for properties alleged to be out of compliance with lead risk reduction standards:

The property owners named were:

Linwood Stevens, Jr.:  Two properties totalling $33,000 in violations.

Baboolal Collins: Two properties totalling $21,000 in violations.

Debra Laubach:  Eighteen properties (not all in Baltimore City) totalling $44,000 in violations.

As usual, we congratulate Secretary Shari T. Wilson and her staff for the hard work they perform on behalf of the citizens of Baltimore City.  Lead paint poisoning is one of the leading causes of health problems in Baltimore’s children.

MDE Issues 14 Enforcement Actions for Lead Paint Violations in Baltimore City

A total of 95 properties were affected, according to a May 15 press release, issued by the Maryland Department of the Environment.  The following individuals and companies were cited:

KMS Property, LLC

KMS Property 2, LLC

Pirate, LLC

Pigama, LLC

Drek, LLC

Moshe and Miri Raphaely

Dong Yong An

Cely and Jaime Faria

Robert Nkojo

Jaros Jindrich

Gary, Anna, and Vladmir Kosoy

Corey Willis and Shanna Chaney

PR Capital, LLC and Pathik Ramy

Landon Wilson

Again, we applaud the MDE and Secretary Wilson’s efforts to clean up lead paint poisoning in Baltimore City.

MDE Announced 38 Enforcement Actions

The Maryland Department of the environment issued a press release on March 18th announcing 38 enforcement actions in Maryland for lead paint violations.  Eleven of them were in Baltimore City.  You can read the press release here.  Again, we applaud MDE Secretary Shari T. Wilson and her staff for their efforts to combat lead poisoning in children.  It’s good to know that this is one violation slumlords can’t run away from!