During the trial, Gondo testified he and another officer planned a burglary, which included using a police tracking device to determine when their target was not home. Maurice Ward and Evodio Hendrix both got seven-year prison sentences. Kings attorney, Levin, also represented Jenkins. Carmine Vignola, left, shown walking with his lawyer Gary Proctor, pled guilty for making false statements to a grand jury relating to the GTTF investigation. All charges against Dotson were dropped, while Newberg is out on bond pending trial on the old and new charges. >> EVERY TIME SPEAK ABOUT IT, YOU GET CHOKED UP, AND TEARS START COMING OUT. He resigned four months later amid the tax charges. After tackling a teenager and beating him with his stun gun in 2016, Carlos Rivera-Martinez was convicted of second-degree assault and misconduct in office in May. Adapted from former Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fentons 2021 book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption, the show chronicles the rise and fall of one of the most shocking instances of police corruption in Baltimores history. Snell, 34, worked in the Baltimore Police Department from 2005 to 2008 and was an officer in Philadelphia at the time he was arrested. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF THE OTHER CAR UMAR BURLEY AND BRENT MATTHEWS WERE ARRESTED ACCUSED OF HEROIN POSSESSION AND CONVICTED. The two others Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylorpleaded not guilty and were convicted in 2018. Hersl and Taylor both received 18-year sentences. Our story yesterday https://t.co/kaGvIzQ05U @wjz pic.twitter.com/pVFvkOTLtV. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, a member of the Board of Estimates, said this case exemplifies the need for police reform, training and oversight. Pitocchelli was then recently assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division where she earned an annual base salary in 2018 of $87,000, and a total of $198,000 with overtime, according city salary records. Each faces up to 60 years in prison. THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES APPROVED A SIX MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT. You have reached your limit of free articles. Baltimore Police. So, finally, after all these years, we'll get some justice for our parents Every time you speak about it, you get choked up. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. De Sousa was appointed as police commissioner by then-Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in January 2018. The ringleader, former Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, admitted committing multiple armed robberies and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in drugs. A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption. Magazines, Digital Its Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety. Baltimore officials approved a $6 million payout in what is one of the city's largest settlements reached in the Gun Trace Task Force police misconduct case. Maryland police responded to the crash on northbound I-95 in the Edgewood area, according to State Police. It took decades for the cancer of corruption revealed in the GTTF scandal to spread as widely as it did and to sink its roots so deeply into BPD; it will take years for BPD to demonstrate, in both words and deeds, that it has zero tolerance for corruption and misconduct., Read more: Americas Policing System Is Broken. In a 2016 incident, officers stopped and arrested a couple who had been leaving a Home Depot, even though there was no evidence that the couple committed a crime. 2023, Hearst Television Inc. on behalf of WBAL-TV. On 1 March, 2017, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins and six of his subordinate officers from the Gun Trace Task Force walked into the Baltimore Police Department's Internal Affairs building, believing. The men received $8 million in restitution, and some of the officers involved in the task force have been convicted in federal court on various charges. Tears start coming out. Richard Gonzales. Former Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison in New Jersey after pleading guilty in April to failing to file federal tax returns. On Thursday, Feb. 23, Baltimore police were able to locate and arrest Julius Tyrone Johnson for the June 2022 death of 32-year-old Donald White. One could be excused for wondering whether there is any more to say about Baltimore and crime. Both got 18-year sentences. Sgt. The officers charged in the racketeering indictment are: Det. They were released in February 2022, serving less than five years behind bars. plea agreement for misconduct in office and drunk-driving charges. Ward said that when the squad was out on patrol, Jenkins would drive quickly toward a group of people, and the other officers would pop the doors open and chase those who took off running, according to the station. In one instance, revealed in court, officers took someones house keys, found out where that person lived and stole $100,000 from a safe in the house. Former Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were the only two not to accept a plea deal and go to a jury. Ethan Newberg, a 24-year veteran, was charged with assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after chasing bystander Lee Dotson, who complained about police tactics on another man officers detained during a warrant check in May. When the Baltimore City Police Department created the GTTF, it was intended to be an elite squad of highly-trained officers tasked with seizing illegal guns. He also admitted planting 28g of heroin on a man who was then sent to prison. Their business model eventually didnt work. The report had a number of recommendations for the BPD, most of them focusing on more oversight and accountability for officers in the department. One witness said they saw Middleton being punched in the face. A total of 305 officers were flagged in Mosbys list that was forwarded to the department this month. MAYOR BRANDON SCOTT SAYS THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHY POLICE REFORM, TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT ARE NECESSARY. Henrietta Middleton and faces up to 10 years in prison. Kevin Davis took over a Baltimore Police Department in crisis shortly after the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in police custody in 2015 [Al Jazeera] Since he took over the BPD in 2015, Kevin . When he was arrested, federal agents found unregistered assault rifles, cocaine residue, and razors in his home. Former Baltimore cop Jemell Rayam was sentenced to 12 years in prison in May for robbing people over the course of a decade as a part of the final sentencing for members of the Gun Trace Task Force. For the series of police commissioners and mayors that Baltimore went through during the units crime spree, those statistics offered a good enough proxy for progress. Rivera-Martinez had continuously hit the teen with his taser despite Townes stopping, turning around, kneeling and putting his hands in the air. Newberg was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault, false imprisonment and misconduct. They stole 800g of heroin, jewellery, watches and a gun. In his plea, Gondo admitted to acting as a lookout during a home invasion, stealing money during arrests and searches as an officer, arranging the sale of a seized gun and marijuana, and taking thousands of dollars in unearned overtime pay from the city. In March 2017, eight members of the Gun Trace Task Force ("GTTF"), a unit within the Baltimore City Police Department ("BPD"), were indicted and arrested on federal charges of robbery, extortion, overtime fraud, and selling drugs seized during police operations. The justice system will rectify things, said Stephen M. Schenning, acting US Attorney for the District of Maryland, according to CNN affiliate WBFF. | VIDEO BELOW: Baltimore pays out $575K in latest GTTF settlement. >> IT WAS IS THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE OF ABUSE OF POWER. Gondo admitted he routinely stole cash from people's homes when given the opportunity, and split the take with his fellow officers. Townes had stopped while passing through the area when officers were arresting a person. After Jenkins' arrest, federal agents found a huge cache of tools and weapons including brass knuckles, an 18-inch (46cm) machete, a sledgehammer, a grappling hook and several black masks which his former subordinate officers testified he intended to use for home invasions. The scope of the crimes and allegations are broad and follow a particularly notorious 2018, which included federal arrests and trials of officers of the GTTF, and another officer charged with drug trafficking. Brown, 43, was charged with driving a Baltimore City vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after a crash in Hartford County in 2018 and with carrying a handgun while under the influence, according to court records. Some was known by the police department and the department was incapable of taking care of its own business, said Michael Bromwich, who led the independent investigation. Baltimore city Police Captain Darryl Murphy was suspended in June, but the department declined to provide additional comments as to why. Ethan Newberg, a 24-year veteran, was charged with assault, false imprisonment and misconduct after chasing bystander Lee Dotson, who complained about police tactics on another man officers detained during a warrant check in May. Gaff originally wrote in a police report that the man resisted arrest, although body camera footage captured a different narrative, according to Baltimore Sun reports. Gladstones indictment came amid the continuing investigation into police corruption allegations related to the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, in which eight city officers were convicted of racketeering offenses for robbing people using their badge. Did you encounter any technical issues? Many people who read this book may come to the same conclusion that former Baltimore mayor Kurt L. Schmoke reached more than three decades ago, when he offered a radical proposal for rooting out the problem. They needed to make sure the city was held accountable," said Judson Lipowitz, an attorney for the family.In the April 2010 crash, then-members of the GTTF were chasing a car for about 45 seconds. A corrupt Baltimore City cop who was described as Baltimore Police's "golden boy" and widely viewed within the police department as "untouchable" is actually going to jail. BBC News, Baltimore. Baltimore residents tell federal judge they're all for police reform. The U.S. Attorneys Office agreed that the sentences should be reduced, but to 30 years for Murray, and 65 years for King. And more officers tied to the Gun Trace Task Force were charged or sentenced in federal court. A man they shook down went to the FBI, and authorities launched an investigation that found the officers were detaining and robbing drug dealers. King is grateful to the Court for recognizing that a reduction of his earlier sentence of 315 years was warranted, said attorney Steve Levin, who filed for the reduction along with Murrays attorney Andrew C. White. Discovery Company. Body camera footage from the first arrest shows Newberg charging towards Dotson, who reacted by saying: Im not running away. A second officer tackled Dotson to the ground while the man shouted he was exercising his right to free speech, the tape showed. Rayam had admitted to crimes dating back to 2009. After some of the tea hit Gentils car, he pulled a gun out and ordered Miller to get face down on the pavement. The incident was caught on close-circuit television footage after the strip clubs on The Block in the 1400 block of Baltimore St. let out and police were clearing the area. The scandal broke at a time of struggle and high tensions between Baltimore community members and the police department. Here are examples of the startling stories of corruption to emerge from the trial: In September 2016, Hersl, Taylor and three other officers allegedly robbed Sergio Summerville, a small-time drug dealer who kept his stash at a storage unit downtown. Prosecutors found that it was not possible that OSullivan could have witnessed the handgun being tossed. We Own This City, an HBO Max miniseries out April 25, about a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) task force unit that went rogue, highlights some of the biggest concerns with modern policing in America. 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