Initial headline: “Arrests made after threats in Pigtown”
Publication date: Nov. 18
Main players: Nathan Flynn, Sebastian Sassi
Story then: Baltimore police and state probation agents arrested three men on violation of probation charges after they allegedly threatened activists in South Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood.
Colin Frost, 20, Jack Wyatt, 21, and Jamal Davis, 21, were charged one week after agents learned of the alleged threats from a Nov. 10 article in The Examiner in which activists Nathan Flynn and Sebastian Sassi, who are part of the Washington Village/Pigtown Neighborhood Planning Council, described encounters with Frost, Wyatt and Davis. Flynn said the men threatened to shoot him and kill his dog.
Story now: Only Frost remains behind bars after a judge found he violated his probation. Wyatt was released shortly after his arrest when agents realized he wasn’t actually out on probation — a different Jack Wyatt was — and therefore couldn’t hold him on violation of probation charges. Jamal Davis also has been released on bail.
Flynn said his car was damaged shortly after their release with what looks like a bullet, pellet or rock coming through the window. Both activists say the case highlights the Baltimore criminal justice system’s revolving door for criminals.
“About a week ago, I saw Jack Wyatt out and Jamal Davis out. They’re prime examples of what the city is doing wrong,” Sassi said. “And we have to put pressure on [city officials] to do it right.”
– Luke Broadwater
