Putting the brakes on Baltimore’s illegal dirt bike riders

The recent joint announcement by police and prosecutors in Baltimore that they intend to crack down on illegal dirt bike use on city streets comes as no great surprise. We have heard such promises before. They are as reliable a feature in Baltimore’s springtime as the return of the Orioles to Camden Yards or the arrival of crab cakes (at least the kind made from fresh local jumbo lump) to local eateries.