BALTIMORE — Two Baltimore detectives were convicted Monday of robbery and racketeering in a trial that laid bare shocking crimes committed by an elite police unit and surfaced new allegations of widespread corruption in the city’s police department. Daniel Hersl, 47, and Marcus Taylor, 30, join six colleagues from the Gun Trace Task Force who … Read more
BALTIMORE — In his first press conference, new Baltimore police commissioner Darryl De Sousa said he is rearranging the department and one of his first moves will be to crack down on officer misconduct. It was a somewhat confusing address to reporters, as while he explained what the department will look like under his leadership, … Read more
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – It was the fourth time that the deputy had taken the highly competitive investigator exam, and most likely, the fourth time she had failed. After 12 years on the bottom rung of the sheriff’s department, the coveted promotion from deputy to investigator – which meant more money, more respect and more important … Read more
When Det. Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own gun in a West Baltimore alley in November 2017, then Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis acted aggressively. He locked down the Harlem Park neighborhood where the shooting occurred, forcing residents to show identification to pass through checkpoints. In a series of press conferences … Read more
As many as nine Baltimore police officers could have to pay tens of thousands of dollars in damages after juries found they acted with “actual malice” in the course of making arrests — a development that prompted a warning from the police union and, in turn, a fiery response from the city’s top lawyer. The … Read more
ROCKWELL, N.C. — A Davidson County sheriff’s deputy was arrested after being accused of robbing a bank in Rowan County Tuesday afternoon. Davidson County Sheriff’s deputy Jeff Athey, 51, is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon. The robbery happened at the F&M Bank on the 400 block of West Main Street in Rockwell. According … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio Police Department officer already accused of shoplifting last month is being investigated for official oppression and felony theft in an unrelated incident, according to a search warrant obtained by the KSAT 12 Defenders. Officer Stephanie Solis, a nine-year veteran of the force, and an unidentified man, are accused of … Read more
BALTIMORE — Former Baltimore police Detective Momodu Gondo claims former homicide Detective Sean Suiter, who was shot and killed in the line of duty, stole money while on the job. Gondo said it happened while Suiter was working as a police officer a decade ago. The testimony raises new questions about the Suiter case, including … Read more
Officials in Castleberry, a small Alabama town, are facing a revolt from residents after shocking details revealed that the town mayor, a judge, a prosecutor, and the police force colluded to set up a program to scam citizens out of their money. Raw Story explained the modus operandi: “What the department would do is impound … Read more
BALTIMORE — People who say they were victimized by officers in the Baltimore City Police Gun Trace Task Force held a press conference where they repeatedly said the justice system is broken and the officers’ conduct should have come to light sooner. “Officers who were corrupt decided to take the law into their own hands … Read more
“I got an entire pharmacy,” former bail bondsman Donald Stepp said from the witness stand in federal court Thursday. He was quoting former police sergeant Wayne Jenkins, the center of the ongoing corruption trial of two members of the Gun Trace Task Force, an elite police squad charged with criminal conspiracies. In a trial full … Read more
On Tuesday morning, the Gun Trace Task Force corruption trial continued with the testimony of Former Baltimore Police Department Detective Jemell Rayam. Rayam broke down twice during his testimony, in which he was accused of padding overtime slips, among other things. At one point, the prosecutor asked about a car crash on August 31, 2016, … Read more