Couple Charged in Fish Head Cantina Stabbing Death

By Bryan Sears

A husband and wife have been charged in connection with the July 7 stabbing death of a 22-year-old man at the Fish Head Cantina.

Shelbie Mech, 31, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of John Bowman.

Mech and her husband, Michael Singer, both of the 3900 block of Inner Circle in Brooklyn, MD, were at the bar Sundaymorning and were allegedly involved in an altercation with Bowman following a rap concert, according to a statement issued by the Baltimore County Police Department.

Bowman was being restrained by security at the bar when a woman, later identified by witnesses as Mech, walked up to him and punched him in the abdomen, according to a statement of charges filed in District Court in Towson.

It was later discovered that Bowman had been stabbed.

A security guard at the bar followed Mech out of the bar and attempted to stop her when two men intervened, police stated. The witness then called for additional security to assist in getting the license plate numbers of the car in which Mech was seen. An unidentified man unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the copying of the license plate numbers by bending the plates down so they could not be read, according to the charging statement.

Police were later able to use the license plate number and video surveillance in the club to identify Mech and Singer, who also goes by the name “Blizz,” according to police. 

Mech is being held without bail at the Baltimore County Detention Center in Towson.

Singer was charged as an accessory after the fact. He is being held at the detention center in lieu of $1 million bail.