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Fourward27 t1_iz9p2fx wrote
Meth doesn't get made in Baltimore. I can promise you that it is EXTREMELY rare. It just doesn't sell here or in the surrounding areas.
MazelTough t1_iz9z7lb wrote
So you’ve never been down by Washington Village/where Second Chance is?
Fourward27 t1_izb7c1e wrote
Are you an officer? No I don't get down there alot but I've been a first responder in Baltimore for 17 years and never once had a patient with meth or walked into a meth lab environment that we are trained on. If im wrong I'm wrong but I've never seen it
MazelTough t1_izb7yux wrote
I was warned about tweaked a by the folks at Housewerks like 15 years ago, I think they drove us to the light rail because they were so problematic. I’m not saying they cook there but I do believe there are users there, not far from homeless areas also.
Fourward27 t1_izfp7x2 wrote
Possibly emphatamines or coccaine but actual meth use is almost unheard of in Baltimore. Im sure it exists in single cases or from out of towners but is really rare.
planetarylaw t1_izcagsk wrote
My understanding is that meth is indeed not common here. But it could be a clandestine lab of any kind. Fentanyl even. Don't know anything about what other drugs smell like cooking up. Like I said I'm from the Meth Belt lol.
Fourward27 t1_izfpg6e wrote
Oh for sure it could be any number of things i agree. But highly unlikely is meth.
JonWilso t1_iz75rdq wrote
Not sure if you saw my comment on the other thread but verify your water heater isn't malfunctioning and burning chemical residue from the water.
ladderrack t1_iz6lfkd wrote
Go to the media
judicatorprime t1_iz6r7mc wrote
The neighbors agreed to the cops doing a walk through of their home? Was this scheduled? Seems super bizarre they found nothing at all, I would think the smell would linger where cooking is being done... So sorry to hear about this OP.
Petunio t1_iz7idmq wrote
Maybe it isn't so weird if there never was any meth tho? Two separate agencies checked it out, found nothing.
Let's not try to find the Boston bomber again here, Reddit...
judicatorprime t1_iz9o4iy wrote
"Nothing at all" meaning residues, smells, stains, paraphernalia, etc... Not just meth itself.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_izajqwe wrote
That's what the police said after their walk through, no smells no labs no residue.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6rxkx wrote
Not scheduled that I know of. The police came to talk to me, apparently they know all the people inside that house very well. They turned the row home into 3 separate sections as appartments. And the smell normally comes from the main floor. Through our dinning room wall. Every time same place sometimes it fills the whole house up with a smell sometimes just the main floor.
TheSyrianItalian t1_iz9dheo wrote
OPRA request calls at that locations from BPD and BFD. If it shows Overdoses etc. you obviously have a crackhouse. A camera might help to put up to see the a activity going in and out. If it’s a lot and it lines up with ODs I would contact BPD narcotics directly, they can set up an investigation into the house.
Animanialmanac t1_iz6wfwq wrote
A house in my neighborhood does this, even on cold days the windows are open but covered with cardboard. A boy passed away from drugs there last year, the people who live there are squatting, the owner moved into the assisted living apartments two years ago. The police won’t do anything despite how many times we call. The fire department came once when the people set part of the house on fire, but they left all the trash, furniture and burning embers in the yard.
I’m not close enough to smell the smells through the walls but we can smell it outside the house. My neighbors and the block captain emailed the mayors’s office. The Health Department came out, the smell stopped for a while. The man from the health department said it was an overcrowding rule that let them make some of the people move, even though it was a drug cooking house. He compared it to Al Capone and the tax charges. I believe we will have to keep emailing the mayor’s office until the house burns down or collapses, it’s a terrible situation.
This is the email address for the mayor, I keep it on my important contacts list.
mayor@baltimorecity.gov
I hope your situation improves soon, it’s terrible to live in fear of sickness from what your neighbors do.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6wrk4 wrote
Thank you I will try this too. I am sorry you and your neighbors had to deal and still deal with that.
uppereast2017 t1_iz6rvrc wrote
Something sounds off here…
TheCaptainDamnIt t1_iz73exa wrote
Yeeeeeeeaaaaa, something fishy with this whole thing. OP first post asking what to do was 14 hours ago and this update describes what sounds like a weeks worth of activity.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz73wo3 wrote
Been going on over 2 years, the fd and police made me feel like me and my family was crazy. Sorry I didnt want a novel written down. I even have pics and videos and screen shots this place would be spammed if I showed everything. I'm sorry☹
OldTreePuncher t1_iz6lmes wrote
Use the Tip lines for the local news stations.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6vltk wrote
I called local news tip lines. They said my situation is a little more immediate and they wanted me to call 311🤦♀️ but if a reporter is interested they will call me.
ReturnOfSeq t1_iz6q0ck wrote
Put a big sign out front ‘fresh meth cooked here daily’
default_laura t1_iz7nacc wrote
OP, please don’t assume this is your neighbors. This could be anything; it could be coming from in your house, somewhere else on your street, or a major leak somewhere in your neighborhood. The Department of Health has an ecology section that investigates weird odors and that is really who should be coming out to help you. Call 311 like yesterday and let them know what’s up.
Since you have a VOC detector, even the cheapest models give a readout and keep a datalog. When they come out, show them what you have. Good luck.
Cunninghams_right t1_iz72nel wrote
you might want to try to have a conversation with a local cop about what they would need to see in order to actually do something. like, is there any way to convince them that it actually is meth. maybe bringing in large quantities of certain chemicals or something. you may be able to capture this with some hidden security camera.
in the meantime, do you have access to the basement? you can put some plastic all along the walls and floor to try to stop the smell from getting into your house.
I wish I could be more help.
TheBananaStan t1_iz77bnc wrote
Not a bad idea- also maybe worth posting in r/askLE
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7j0bq wrote
Thank you I tried asking there. I cant make any more calls or my family will kick my family out.
MazelTough t1_iz7ozx5 wrote
Your fam sounds like a piece of work!
ScootyHoofdorp t1_iz6eqsq wrote
Sorry to hear that things haven't worked out well. Have you gotten any opinions from friends or other family? Has anyone else been around when you detect the odor?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6gayc wrote
Yes, a family member who was in from out of state to visit our dying mother. Hes an ex con and said he knows what they're doing. But cant get involved because hes gon straight now And has kids.
TheSimulacra t1_iz85bxk wrote
>cant get involved because hes gon straight now And has kids
What does that mean? Can't get involved how?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz86u7u wrote
He doesn't want anyone coming after his kids if he tries to help get them arrested.
TheSimulacra t1_iz87hxm wrote
Oh I see. Jeez. Sorry man.
midnight_meadow t1_iz79nav wrote
Idk how this sun came up on my feed but there are test kits you can swab your house with that will detect meth residue. Landlords use them in between tenants if a meth lab was suspected.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7j3y1 wrote
Thank you we are buying one as soon as we can, I couldnt find those for some reason Thank you so much.
redditgirl22_97_ t1_iz96bbb wrote
This story is so frustrating to read, and I'm sorry that none of the city agencies are willing to help you. I work in local news, and I think that your story is one more people in the city should know about. I'd love to talk to you (you can remain anonymous if you wish) about your situation and the lack of help you're receiving. Plus, sometimes city agencies won't do anything until they are called out by a report. Let me know if this is something you'd be interested in doing.
Regardless, I hope that you and your family get the help you need and figure this out.
frolicndetour t1_iz742ah wrote
Contact your councilperson and tell then your neighborappears to be cooking meth and the police aren'tdoing anything. If you have a halfway decent one, their office will rattle some cages with BPD.
Naive-Raisin4134 t1_iz7svep wrote
The BPD and BCFD walked through and found nothing. Can't do anything if there isn't anything to do.
frolicndetour t1_iz7t41z wrote
Oh yea...I misread it and thought they walked through OP's home, not the neighbors'.
fuzzy-_-dunlop t1_iz74ov8 wrote
I wonder if a shady private detective could help? I’d put on an orange vest, and hard hat, turn off their water and tell them I need to get to their main shut off valve in order to restore their water. Document as much as possible and release info to you. If I was in that business.
myotherusername555 t1_iz6rtoz wrote
How do they keep the windows open but prevent someone from seeing inside?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6s3mc wrote
They have some sort of card board over open windows that are in the dinning room and ac units on top floors and the top floor windows have shades but the window are open.
myotherusername555 t1_iz6sntt wrote
Do you own or rent? Sorry if you’ve previously addressed that aspect. If you rent, it’s possible you could have an argument for constructive eviction.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz6t9v6 wrote
I am inheriting this row home once the owner passes. Its bought and paid for. Been updated to have 2 bathrooms we had the house fixed and inspected. Ac unit newly fixed and cleaned, But this smell has been going on for years and it only happens when no guests are around, meaning if they dont think we have company but my.out of town guest didnt have a car so they assumed they could make smells I guess. And it stops when police or fire department comes.
ocnj1 t1_iz7i0qq wrote
Smelling things that others cannot can be a sign of temporal seizures. Have an EEG. And a CT scan
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7ilq0 wrote
We have a household of normally 4 people. 3 out of 4 smell it when it comes in including a voc detector.
EthanSayfo t1_iz7muhb wrote
Can you make a timestamped video of the VOC detector showing positive readings that appear to be sketchy? I would create a chain of evidence/information, as top commenter suggested.
This should be something you can do without causing immediate friction with and for your fam, right?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7myuz wrote
Started posting it on my account page i dont want to spam.
EthanSayfo t1_iz7uqvc wrote
I would just create records for yourself initially.
TerranceBaggz t1_iz78kg0 wrote
Contact your councilperson’s office. Get them involved
sassygirl101 t1_iz7bl96 wrote
I still don’t understand why OP can’t give a VICINITY…. Again not your address, but people need to know ABOUT where is this you could say, north of Eastpoint Mall …. Locust Point,,, I mean something…
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7bo2u wrote
Curtis bay
sassygirl101 t1_iz7cxiq wrote
Thank you OP and don’t get me wrong, I am very very sorry you are going thru this. I wish I had better advice, but I will agree with one poster here. I think you should call the Mayors office EVERY week and tell them you think they are cooking meth and the BCP and FD are not working together at all. I think they will rattle some cages. This must be so frightening to live next to!
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7glyq wrote
Not to mention my family just threatened to kick us out if I call again because I am causing stress for calling and may incur fines? I never heard of that.
MazelTough t1_iz7p5lr wrote
Nope keep notes of documentation of what you’re calling in and observing ain’t nobody gonna fine/prosecute you
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7poc9 wrote
That's what I thought. I dont know why my family is doing that. I just dont want to die from this.
MazelTough t1_iz7qh0g wrote
Email: SouthernDistrict@BaltimorePolice.org
Address: 10 Cherry Hill Road, Baltimore, MD 21225
Phone: 410.396.2499
Call and say there’s a house in your neighborhood where you’re worried about meth and have someone give you a call, or summarize documentation and email. Tell your family that you’ll worry about being fined if it happens and the ordinance isn’t against an address it’s against a person. They’ve drank the Stop Snitching kool-aid
Animanialmanac t1_iz7m6y8 wrote
Curtis Bay is not too far from where I live, we have a similar house here. The number of drug houses in this area really increased in the last two or three years. In my area it seems someone with ill intentions moves in as soon as a family moves out, and the new residents often sell drugs, offer drugs to passers by, create odd smells. I’ve never seen anything like it in all my years in the city.
I suggest you install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. The squatters in the house near me did something to the hot water heater, I imagine to get hot water without paying the gas bill. The house immediately next door to them had problems with carbon monoxide and then the fire. The carbon monoxide gave the man, the one living immediately nextdoor, headaches. I remember he showed dysphasia last year, I was there when the police were dismissive to him because of his speech patterns. Carbon monoxide poisoning can alter your ability to form phrases and make it hard to make yourself understood. It’s a shame all of us recognized that but the police were indifferent. Please get a carbon monoxide detector just in case. Your story sounds so much like the beginning of the house on Saint Benedict Street near me. I wish you well, please keep writing updates. Stay safe.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7n3be wrote
Thank you, we have that kind of detector it never goes off and a air quality detector from Amazon. It alerts my phone if the air is bad.
Lower-Daikon9463 t1_izc623l wrote
I agree with the CO detector. I think it should be mentioned that CO detectors without displays typically don't go off until the concentration reaches 300ppm or 50ppm for 8 hours.
I keep a digital one next to my furnace and hot water heater that tells me the current PPM and peak PPM since it was reset last.
sllewgh t1_iz8f4fn wrote
Are you close enough that it might be the trash incinerator?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz8lxvl wrote
I've lived here in curtis bay since 1998. I'm used to the smells, except the ones I smell from nextdoor.
sllewgh t1_iz9jbyj wrote
Just checking, wasn't clear when you'd moved in, and most people outside south Baltimore don't seem to know we even have an incinerator.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iza7m5z wrote
All good much appreciated
donner_dinner_party t1_iz97x7l wrote
Is there any chance it is another neighbor? The one with the windows open seems like the obvious culprit but what if it was another neighbor? The fact that they let the police walk through makes me think it may be someone else.
BrainlessPhD t1_iz7kasd wrote
Get a carbon monoxide detector.
JonWilso t1_iz82183 wrote
Carbon monoxide is odorless.
BrainlessPhD t1_iz9ivns wrote
I meant more that OP and her family could be hallucinating bad smells and perhaps developing sore throat from the fumes. But it looks like they have one, so moot point.
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7kffw wrote
We have it, if doesnt go off when the smells come in.
bbbright t1_iz7nhse wrote
Have you contacted your district’s council member?
peanutbutterallytime t1_iz7txw1 wrote
On the previous post, a hospital visit was mentioned. What exactly did the ER physician say?
Mediocre-Week-9010 t1_iz7um1u wrote
I inhaled toxic chemicals. Chemical Inhalation was my diagnosis
ICanSpellKyrgyzstan t1_iz7x5w9 wrote
Where in Balt. is this? Is it near any factories or anything and does anyone else smell the smell? If not then this 100% sounds like meth. Meth smells like chlorine or nail polish and it lets off that odor when being cooked. Sounds like the police should get a search warrant for both of your neighbors because if this is coming from your block, there is a 100% chance of someone cooking meth.
zta1979 t1_iz74xqh wrote
Wow
MazelTough t1_iz7oqpl wrote
E-mail your districts police and cc your council person. BPD needs to know about this. Squeak squeak little wheel!
Fourward27 t1_iz9pnym wrote
The fire department uses a 5 gas meter that is very expensive so the VOC detector is a moot point if they brought out their 5 gas meters. Some chemicals like chlorine though are not part of those 5 gasses. It is HIGHLY unlikely they are cooking Meth. Extremely rare in Baltimore and surrounding areas.
[deleted] OP t1_iz9yz9b wrote
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DBH114 t1_iz9jrh4 wrote
Possible demonic presence. They are know to give off foul/noxious odors. Especially since you say it goes away when visitors come by. It's fucking with you. Time for an exorcism.
Bonethug609 t1_iz7rtio wrote
Maybe start buying up their meth? Find out where they keep it, then tell the crackheads to go get it all!
PhonyUsername t1_iz8zhkr wrote
The only way. Start smoking and infiltrate their organization. Work your way up to the cook. Kill him and take his place. The world is yours!
[deleted] OP t1_iz8e5f4 wrote
Man that smell probably coming from your dirty ass house. U just mad they not giving you nothing for free
DemoteMeDaddy t1_iz70p2y wrote
New episode of the wire just dropped 😭
planetarylaw t1_iz6sfls wrote
I commented in the other one but it might not have gotten seen. Get a meth residue test kit. They're sold on amazon. It could be that it's not the neighbors but your own home. It could be that the smell comes and goes with subtle changes in temperature, humidity, sunlight coming in windows or curtains drawn etc. Get a notebook that is only used for logging the day/time you smell something. Take note of what the smell smells like to you. Take note of how long the smell lasts. Take note of anything else that happened when the smell started or stopped. Did you take a shower? Flush a toilet? Turn the stove on or off? Use the faucet? Run laundry? Start or finish a meal? It might be tedious but it will show you a pattern. Also, go over to r/homeimprovement to cross post.