REPORTER: SHIRLEY JOHNSON HER BROTHERS AND SISTERS RELIED ON PATIENCE NOW NEARLY 13 YEARS AFTER A HORRIFIC CRASH THAT KILLED THEIR FATHER ELBERT DAVIS SENIOR AND SERIOUSLY INJURED THEIR MOTHER PHOSA CAIN THEYVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT WITH BALTIMORE CITY. "It was a gut punch to the family, and they needed to stand up for their parents. WJZ has covered the real-life Gun Trace Task Force investigation since the first indictments in 2017. Instead, its members were. NOW IT HAS JUSTICE. The charges rocked BPD and the city of Baltimore. Gaff was hired by the department in 2013. 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. >> IT WAS IS THE HIGHEST MAGNITUDE OF ABUSE OF POWER. Former Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa arrives at the Edward A. Garmatz federal courthouse. Last week, prosecutors tacked on 32 new, but similar charges after reviewing video taken from Newbergs body warn camera over several months. O n a humid summer day in 2004, Davon Mayer stepped out of his house on Bennett Place in the heart of Baltimore.Sixteen years old, Davon was short, plump and baby-faced, still more of a kid than . The employee said that, when he demanded a search warrant, one officer told him he looked like somebody that needed to be robbed.. 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. 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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. Rivera-Martinez, 32, was found guilty by a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury for beating then 16-year-old Melvin Townes in the face and head repeatedly with his taser after chasing him on North Gay Street at about 2 a.m. on July 5, 2016. Gaff was found guilty of misconduct while in office but found not guilty for second-degree assault. The conviction of King and Murray resulted from the Baltimore-based Stop Snitchin' campaign in which the two officers were identified on videotape for being involved in drug dealing. While committing a different masked home invasion with Officer Momodu Gondo, Rayam was surprised by a woman in the home and held her at gunpoint with his police-issued firearm. There were wrongful convictions, the death of an innocent civilian and the mysterious killing of a detective who was shot a day before he was scheduled to testify against the unit. According to a new University of Illinois at Chicago study of just federal public corruption convictions by judicial district, Baltimore has become the second most corrupt jurisdiction in the countrywith a staggering 352 guilty pleas or verdicts over the past decade. Taylor was the fastest, and the other officers relied on him to make the apprehensions. city agreed to a consent decree on sweeping police reforms. Longtime Democratic operative Patrick Doherty was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in federal prison for a wide range of corruption schemes stemming from a sprawling federal bribery . Officer Donald Gaff pleaded not guilty in September to second-degree assault and misconduct in office after being accused of hitting a man in the face during a 2016 traffic stop. Wayne Jenkins, who pleaded guilty to years of robberies and drug dealing, received 25 years in prison in 2018. She died eight years after the crash. 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. The former leader of the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force who admitted to taking part in a number of crimes has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison. | VIDEO BELOW: Baltimore pays out $575K in latest GTTF settlement. One could be excused for wondering whether there is any more to say about Baltimore and crime. A jury convicted OSullivan, 44, in October after finding he lied in court about a criminal case. Baltimore leaders agreed Wednesday, March 1, 2023 to a $6 million settlement agreement in the case of a driver who was killed during a 2010 police chase involving Gun Trace Task Force officers . Baltimore Killer Busted After Months-Long Investigation: Police. REPORTER: THE FAMILY FILED A LAWSUIT CLAIMING CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THE CASE WAS SET FOR TRIAL IN MAY. This article was published more than3 years ago. Officer Michael OSullivan was sentenced to 15 months in prison on Dec. 4 for perjury and misconduct in office. 14912. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Former Philadelphia Councilman Bobby Henon has been sentenced to 3.5 years in prison following his conviction in November 2021 on conspiracy and fraud charges. The sentencing judge, J. Frederick Motz, lamented at the time that the sentences were absolutely disproportionate to the crimes that were committed but said he had no discretion to depart from the mandatory sentencing laws. Chuang agreed, saying 20 years for King and Murray roughly corresponds with the type of sentences presently imposed in comparable police corruption cases in this District.. Gladstones indictment came amidst 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. Meanwhile, the disputes that inevitably erupt between dealers, and the desperation of people addicted to drugs, help feed the violence that plagues Baltimores most vulnerable communities. Marlon Koushall arrested a fellow police sergeant outside of a strip club in August of 2018. Hamilton testified that Hersl and three other officers later searched his home and walked out with at least $25,000 in cash. All but one of its members was indicted on robbery, extortion and overtime fraud in March 2017 after a lengthy investigation by the FBI. Jemell Rayam is serving 12 years and is currently in a secure medical detention facility in Minnesota. Baltimore is in need of significant reforms within our criminal justice system and we must collectively strengthen our efforts to regain public trust, Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby said in a statement after the verdict. The unit had the most urgent crime-fighting mission in a city where many neighborhoods are inundated with drug dealing and terrorized by persistent gun violence. plea agreement for misconduct in office and drunk-driving charges. A jury has found two former Baltimore police detectives guilty for their role in a sprawling police corruption scandal, bringing the total number of convicted officers to eight. But he provided little cooperation with an independent investigation commissioned by the city. 2. Taylor is accused of participating in that theft, according to the criminal complaint. The extent of the GTTFs reign of terror on the city of Baltimore became more widely known in 2017, when eight members of the unit were indicted on charges of extortion, robbery, racketeering, and overtime fraud. This included giving advice to a drug dealer after he discovered a police GPS tracker attached to his car. File Photo: Police form a line to block North Ave., near the site of recent riots and several blocks away from where Freddie Gray was arrested last month, May 4, 2015 in Baltimore, Maryland. Family says they've received justice with $6M GTTF settlement, CAN ABILITY. Former officers testified that their main method of making arrests was "door pops" - driving up to large groups and throwing the doors open as if they were about to arrest someone. They were released in February 2022, serving less than five years behind bars. After tackling a teenager and beating him with his taser in 2016, Carlos Rivera-Martinez was convicted of second-degree assault and misconduct in office in May. From the bench, Baltimore Circuit Judge Yolanda Tanner said Williams repeated blows to McGrier were without justification. She sentenced him to 9 months in jail after finding Williams guilty of second-degree assault and official misconduct. "The larger-than-life career of former New Haven police Lt. William 'Billy' White came to a stunning conclusion Monday when the high-profile lawman was sentenced to more than three years in prison . Stolen drugs were regularly delivered to Stepps home, he said, where they were stashed before being resold on the street. Baltimore police officer Julie Pitocchelli, who was a member with the department since 1994, was suspended without pay in June after an investigation regarding overtime pay for officers. Middletons charges were dropped eight months after the 2018 incident. The case has shone a light on deeply rooted problems known to Baltimore residents for years, said Vanita Gupta, who headed the DOJs civil rights division when the city agreed to a consent decree on sweeping police reforms. Once Gondo was arrested and authorities began investigating the entire unit, the GTTFs scale of corruption became apparent. He told the jury that on one occasion, he and Officer Taylor pulled rubbish from a house they needed a search warrant for and recovered evidence of marijuana. >> EVERY TIME SPEAK ABOUT IT, YOU GET CHOKED UP, AND TEARS START COMING OUT. The family of Davis and Cain filed a lawsuit claiming civil rights violations, and the trial was set for May. Some of the letters convicted former BPD cop Daniel Hersl has written about the Gun Trace Task Force. "We waited so long for justice. First published on April 29, 2022 / 11:30 PM. A veteran police sergeant filmed allegedly arresting, threatening and harassing innocent men faces a slew of charges. In his plea, Gondo admitted 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. By submitting your email to receive this newsletter, you agree to our. Pitocchelli made more than former Mayor Catherine Pugh, who was the citys 55th highest-paid worker. Police said protesters threw rocks and water bottles at police. Federal agents found unregistered assault rifles, cocaine residue and razors in his home. BPD's response was to put Sergeant Wayne Jenkins in charge of the Gun Trace Task Force ("GTTF") in 2016. King and Antonio L. Murray are two former Baltimore Police Department officers sentenced to a total of 454 years (reduced to 20) in prison after an FBI investigation in 2005. THE BOARD OF ESTIMATES APPROVED A SIX MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT. The public relations damage crested in October, when Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby said she had a list of hundreds of officers with alleged credibility issues. That is why this trial in Baltimore is so critical not just for what it reveals in and of itself, but also for showing the public that misconduct does not go unchecked.. The huge amount of money washing around in the trade is a corrupting force that attracts a seemingly inexhaustible stream of players, no matter how many people police lock up. Det. 7 Baltimore officers accused of abusing power, robbing citizens. But soon he was charged with second-degree assault and misconduct while in office, and Middleton who was partying in the club had all of her charges dropped by prosecutors. The corruption has cost Baltimore taxpayers more than $13 million in settlements with victims and hundreds of cases the corrupt officers worked on had to be thrown out. / CBS Baltimore. 2023 Cable News Network. [Crime] Horrific violence': Three fatally shot Tuesday in Baltimore, including well-known community leader, in October, when Baltimore States Attorney Marilyn Mosby, Former Baltimore police officer Arthur Williams, 26, Veteran former Baltimore police officer Michael Gentil. 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. Stepp testified that the sergeant told him he simply waited and ripped off looters leaving shuttered pharmacies with stolen drugs. While 20 years is still a significant term of imprisonment, it provides Mr. King with some hope of once again becoming a productive member of society.. In April, assault charges were dropped against officer Middleton after she and other off-duty officers were accused of being drunk during a bachelorette party outside Norma Jeans strip club on The Block. A violent 2019 in the city was also a busy year for prosecutors, internal affairs detectives and others charged with policing Baltimores police. By the time members of the task force were taken down, they had left a long trail of damage. April 29, 2022 / 11:30 PM Rivera-Martinez was sentenced to six months in prison in August. Screen grab of body camera footage of an arrest by Sgt. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December. Officers not directly associated with the GTTF have been charged and convicted in connection with events that occurred more than a decade ago, the report says. A jury also found Taylor guilty for his role in several robberies involving other members of the squad, including an incident where the officers stole over $100,000 from a high-level drug trafficker's safe. A 2016 Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the BPD found that significant levels of abuse and corruption within the department had gone on for years. Baltimore, Maryland - Federal agents arrested seven Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) officers today for a racketeering conspiracy and racketeering offenses, including robbery, extortion, and overtime fraud. BALTIMORE, MD Seven Baltimore police officers were arrested Wednesday on federal racketeering charges, U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein announced. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison released a staffing plan last week that calls for more than doubling the number of internal affairs detectives to help reduce backlogs and respond more swiftly to complaints against officers. Rayam admitted that he'd been stealing money long before he joined the Gun Trace Task Force, as early as 2009. OSullivan remains suspended from the police force. In January 2022, a law firms independent investigation into the GTTF found institutional failure in supervision of the officers. The city of 600,000 residents has clocked more than 300 murders in each of the past five years, and the majority of those killings have gone unsolved largely because witnesses are reluctant to step up. Baltimore police officials say they are working to address not only problems in the department, but also to become more responsive to members of the public. Bail bondsman Donald Stepp testified that Jenkins delivered to his Baltimore County home two trash bags full of pharmaceutical drugs stolen from looters during the April 2015 riots that followed the death of Freddie Gray, according to WBAL-TV. Officer suspended over overtime investigation. They would see who ran out of the group, chase them, and detain them. FOX45. Hersl, Taylor and the other officers carried out brazen crimes at a time of strained community relations, following the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray while in police custody. The report had a number of recommendations for the BPD, most of them focusing on more oversight and accountability for officers in the department. Some people are upset at the way iPhones charge. The case was brought after the DEA heard Gondo admitting to selling drugs on tape. Baltimore City officials agreed to pay $6 million to the family of Elbert Davis Sr. who was killed in 2010 during a high-speed car chase that involved the Gun Trace Task Force, a notorious unit of the Baltimore City Police Department, that lied to officials and robbed citizens. A federal jury on Monday convicted two former members of a defunct Baltimore police gun task force in a corruption trial. Hersl and Taylor were members of the Baltimore Police Departments now-defunct Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). 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. He said drugs should be decriminalized to take the profit out of the game, and addiction should be treated like the public health problem that it is. >> WE DID NOT GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MAKE SURE AND CHECK IN CHECKING THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SWORN TO PROTECT AND SERVE HADNT TURNED THEMSELVES IN THE BIGGEST GANG IN BALTIMORE. Gondo, Ward, Hendrix. He resigned four months later amid the tax charges. Rivera-Martinez continuously hit the teenager with his stun gun despite Townes stopping, turning around, kneeling and putting his hands in the air. All charges against Dotson were dropped, while Newbergs is out on bond pending trial on the old and new charges. The remaining officers involved received sentences ranging from seven years to 12 years. A former detective testified that Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Any of you, my mother, my father" he told the jury. 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. Read more: David Simon and George Pelecanos on How America Changed Between The Wire and Their New Police Show We Own This City. One witness said they saw Middleton being punched in the face. In February, former Baltimore police detective Momodu Gondo was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for racketeering and conspiracy to distribute heroin, winning a reduced sentence after cooperating with the federal government. 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