Stephen Pitcairn, Johns Hopkins Researcher, Killed by Two Black Career Criminals During a Robbery

Stephen Pitcairn, a promising young researcher at Johns Hopkins University, killed by black career criminals Lavelva Merritt & John Alexander Wagner when they robbed him of his cash and iPhone Sunday night.

From all accounts Stephen Pitcairn was on a path to change the world of stem cell research. He as a promising young researcher who had come to Baltimore from his home in Florida, after attending college in Michigan and worked with stem cells in Japan, where he was fluent in the language. At Johns Hopkins University, he assisted with breast cancer studies and was about to enroll in medical school. His life was cut short by a bunch of career criminals. According to the Baltimore Sun, he was four blocks from his apartment Sunday night when two robbers, Lavelva Merritt ( a female) and John Alexander Wagner took murdered him for cash and his iPhone. Both are career criminals with long rap sheets. This begs the question, why were they both out on the streets instead of behind bars.

According to the Baltimore Sun, Merritt, 24, has a long history of drug-related arrests and convictions, while Wagner, 34, has been charged in robberies and assaults, but never received anything more than what amounted to time served, even after violating his probation repeatedly, court records show. So a promising life was taken by two dirtbags who had nothing going for them. They are a menace to society and should have been behind bars instead on the streets terrorizing innocent people. According to the Baltimore Sun, in charging documents, police said they were told by witnesses that Merritt and Wagner were overheard saying that they had "robbed and 'hurt' a 'white boy.'" Further, during an interview with homicide detectives, Merritt reportedly said she and Wagner were out "hunting to rob someone."

Wagner's most recent arrest occurred in late April, when police used surveillance cameras to locate Wagner and a man who said Wagner had put him in a headlock and taken his belongings. The victim pointed out Wagner, who he said had first asked him if he was "BGF" — a member of the Black Guerilla Family gang — or "J," a reference to Jamaa, a Swahili word meaning "family" that is used by BGF members.

Prosecutors dropped the charge on May 18. On a form documenting the decision to place the case on the "inactive docket," prosecutors checked boxes indicating the victim did not appear and "gave statements inconsistent with evidence or otherwise lacks credibility." Source

Once again, the justice system has failed the citizens of Baltimore and Stephen Pitcairn and his family. There is no reason why either one of these dirtbags should have been out on the streets. The prosecutors dropped the ball repeatedly in the case of John Alexander Wagner.