BALTIMORE (AP) The oldest member of a deeply corrupt Baltimore police unit was sentenced Friday to 18 years, becoming the sixth member of the now-disbanded squad to head to federal prison. At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. The note was left in the wife's door. Jenifer Wicks, Taylors attorney, had accused the government of building a conspiracy case with witnesses plucked from the depths of the criminal underworld, according to WBAL-TV. The former sergeant admitted to the practice earlier this year. Court records, sentencing memorandums and Baltimore Sun archives show that at least 20 Baltimore police officers including some who are no longer with the department were either charged, sentenced, or suspended during 2019. The case was brought after the DEA heard Gondo admitting to selling drugs on tape. | VIDEO BELOW: Family seeks justice from city after crash involving GTTF, Shirley Johnson on $6 million settlement with Baltimore City involving GTTF officer misconduct and 2010 crash that killed her father Elbert Davis Sr. and seriously injured her mother Phosa Cain who later died from her injuries. Who were the members of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF)? 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. A veteran police sergeant filmed allegedly arresting, threatening and harassing innocent men faces a slew of charges. As depicted in the series, six of eight GTTF membersThomas Allers, Wayne Jenkins, Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, and Maurice Wardpleaded guilty to a number of charges and were convicted. He also stuck a gun in a womans face during a separate break-in incident in which guns, drugs, cash and jewelry were taken. Hendrix admitted stealing money on several occasions, with his fellow officers, during traffic stops and while executing search warrants. Convicted task force members testified that they stole the house keys of a man named Oreese Stevenson in March 2016, The Baltimore Sun reported. Troy Snell, a former police officer in Baltimore and Philadelphia, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison in April for helping a member of the Gun Trace Task Force sell drugs on the street in Baltimore. 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. 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 . Ive got an entire pharmacy, the sergeant told Stepp. He is serving the harshest sentence: 25 years in a Kentucky prison. Testimony and evidence presented during the trial brought to light shocking criminality that continued even as US Justice Department civil rights lawyers investigated Baltimores Police Department. A Baltimore police officer caught on tape last year beating a suspect went to prison this year. Two former Baltimore Police officers sentenced to a combined 454 years in federal prison for shaking down citizens in the early 2000s had their prison terms reduced to 20 years each by a federal judge Monday. "It was a gut punch to the family, and they needed to stand up for their parents. Court records show he received probation and a suspended prison sentence. Prior to the Gun Trace Task Force case, the case of King and Murray was one of the highest-profile Baltimore police corruption cases. The men were convicted of robbery, extortion, and drug and handgun offenses, which each had penalties that were stacked at sentencing. He stole $20,000 alongside two friends who posed as police officers during a home invasion. Rivera-Martinez continuously hit the teenager with his stun gun despite Townes stopping, turning around, kneeling and putting his hands in the air. 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. Instead, a trial in federal court has revealed that the officers went rogue, and used their power to steal money, drugs and guns, and terrorise the people they stopped. He re-sold the drugs through a bail bondsman, who testified that Jenkins would leave large amounts of marijuana, heroin and cocaine in a shed in his backyard on an almost nightly basis. Momodu Gondo is serving a 10-year sentence in North Carolina. Sergeant Wayne. As history has shown, the proposal did not get very far. March 26, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT A unit of the Baltimore Police Department, the Gun Trace Task Force, was supposed to target guns and drugs on the city's streets. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. - Original Credit: When Dotson asked why he was being arrested, Newberg is heard saying: Just go to jail and take your charge like a man.". 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. This is not about aggressive policing, it is a criminal conspiracy, Rod Rosenstein, the former US Attorney for Maryland said in 2017 when the officers were charged. A violent 2019 in the city was also a busy year for prosecutors, internal affairs detectives and others charged with policing Baltimores police. They later realised they had taken the trash from the wrong house, but wrote up a fraudulent search warrant anyway. Six other Baltimore police officers have pled guilty to similar charges. Officer Spencer Moore pleaded guilty to felony drug charges in February after Baltimore County officers said they saw him involved in a narcotics transaction. "Thats why he has placed such a heavy emphasis on building a culture of accountability and providing officers with the necessary training and support to make BPD more efficient, effective and responsive.. Gondo admitted that he provided information and protection to a heroin operation, which included a childhood friend. The aftershocks of the GTTF scandal continue to be felt to this day. I have . At the same time, the cops who are called on to keep order frequently behave like a callous, occupying force, and, all too often, the money corrupts them, too. He was talking about robbing them, Hendrix replied. At the time, the officers maintained that their activities were all in furtherance of legitimate police activity in an effort to develop sources to lead to arrests of drug distributors, said prosecutors, adding the officers claimed they used their ill-gotten money to pay informants who could help them catch those higher up in the drug gangs. During the January incident, Kevin Miller stepped out to cross the highway where he was nearly hit by Gentils civilian car. After some of the tea hit Gentils car, he pulled a gun out and ordered Miller to get face down on the pavement. Rebuilding the Departments relationship with the community and restoring the publics trust in the Department are among Commissioner Harrisons highest priorities, police spokesman Matt Jablow wrote in a response to questions from the Sun. Cellphone video outside of the Custom House Avenue strip club around 1:20 a.m. showed an officer pulling Middleton, who was off-duty, to the ground by her shirt collar. Where are they now? A federal jury on Monday convicted two former members of a defunct Baltimore police gun task force in a corruption trial. Its unclear why they were granted early release. Newberg was later arrested and charged with second-degree assault, false imprisonment and misconduct. All charges against Dotson were dropped, while Newberg is out on bond pending trial on the old and new charges. Hersl and Taylor were charged with participating in the overtime fraud scheme. Baltimore residents tell federal judge they're all for police reform. Where are the disgraced Gun Trace Task Force officers now? Jemell Rayam is serving 12 years and is currently in a secure medical detention facility in Minnesota. The family of Davis and Cain filed a lawsuit claiming civil rights violations, and the trial was set for May. FOX45. Former detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, racketeering and Hobbs Act robbery charges, said Elizabeth Morse, spokeswoman for the US attorneys Office in Maryland. Four of the officers who pled guilty testified against their former colleagues, along with drug dealers who struck deals for more lenient sentences. Now, with the settlement, family members told 11 News they've received justice. His release date is in 2025. Both were later exonerated once it was revealed GTTF members planted the drugs and falsified reports. BPDs targeted policing of certain Baltimore neighborhoods with minimal oversight or accountability disproportionately harms African-American residents, the report says. WJZ has covered the real-life Gun Trace Task Force investigation since the first indictments in 2017. 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. During the January incident, Kevin Miller, stepped out to cross the highway where he was nearly hit by Gentils civilian car. Barry Simms. They said they entered Stevensons Baltimore home without a warrant and broke open a safe. You cant rob people just because theyre drug dealers, he said. 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. A responsible law enforcement apparatus in Baltimore would have chosen to examine its failures. 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Court records, sentencing memorandums and Baltimore Sun archives show that at least 20 Baltimore police officers including some who are no longer with the department were either charged, sentenced, or suspended during 2019. We can do this three times a year.". A jury found Hersl guilty for his role in several robberies committed by the squad, including an incident where the officers took over $25,000 from a man's home without charging him a crime. 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. CNNs Lauren del Valle and Darran Simon contributed to this report. Marlon Koushall arrested a fellow police sergeant outside of a strip club in August of 2018. Sergeant Thomas Allers, another supervisor, is serving a 15-year sentence in Florida and his release date is in June 2030. 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.The family of Davis and Cain filed a lawsuit claiming civil rights violations, and the trial was set for May. They targeted suspected drug dealers, carried fake weapons in case they shot an unarmed person to plant the weapon on them, and would re-sell the weapons and drugs that they stole to criminals. "It was too much," he said. Gaff was hired by the department in 2013. You have reached your limit of free articles. 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. Former officer Aaron Heilman reached a plea agreement for misconduct in office and drunk-driving charges. In one instance, Allers stole $10,000 he found while searching the home of a man named "D.R.". "We waited so long for justice. The ringleader, former Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, admitted committing multiple armed robberies and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in drugs. Baltimore city Police Captain Darryl Murphy was suspended in June, but the department declined to provide additional comments as to why. 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. [[Crime] Horrific violence': Three fatally shot Tuesday in Baltimore, including well-known community leader]. The victim, Dashawn McGrier, suffered a broken jaw, broken ribs and other ailments while spending three days in a hospital. 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. Gondo, Ward, Hendrix. The DOJ report came shortly after Grays killing sparked an uprising in the city and throughout the U.S. decrying police brutality and racial discrimination. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our, Digital 14912. She died eight years after the crash.Now, with the settlement, family members told 11 News they've received justice. 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.The settlement goes to the family of a retired construction worker who was killed in a crash involving former Baltimore police officers who were part of the disbanded task force.Shirley Johnson and her brothers and sisters relied on patience as they sought an apology and accountability almost 13 years after a crash killed their father, Elbert Davis Sr., and seriously injured their mother, Phosa Cain. Baltimores grim realities have been mined by talented writers like D. Watkins, Wes Moore and, most famously, celebrated author and TV producer David Simon, whose books and television series Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood and The Wire deftly illuminated Charm Citys complex web of problems. Neither sentence is unreasonable given the offense conduct in this case, Assistant U.S. Attorney Sandra Wilkinson wrote. The two men split the proceeds. The two others Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylorpleaded not guilty and were convicted in 2018. Your effort and contribution in providing this feedback is much He claims that because the amount was so large he was scared he would be caught, and dumped the money into a field behind his house. The list of officers below includes some who were charged last year but not tried or have reached plea deals until this year. By the time members of the task force were taken down, they had left a long trail of damage. He told the jury that Jenkins instructed them to carry BB-guns in their police cars "in case you need to get yourself out of a situation" like shooting an unarmed suspect. That car crashed into a car in which Davis and Cain were riding.| VIDEO BELOW: Family seeks justice from city after crash involving GTTFThe driver and passenger of the other car -- Umar Burley and Brent Matthews -- were accused of possessing heroin, arrested and convicted. These guys had engaged in so much misconduct previously. Vignola, a 12-year veteran, was the 14th person caught in the massive police sweeping corruption scandal. Taylor is accused of participating in that theft, according to the criminal complaint. Initial reports that a man had been shot by police sparked anger in the crowd. We will investigate bad policing or criminal policing Officers will be indicted and theyll be brought into court and theyll be held accountable.. Its Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety. 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. It's just awful.". All of the officers were convicted of overtime fraud - filing paperwork to claim work they never showed up to do. REPORTER: THE CITY SAYS ITS NOW PAID OUT MORE THAN $22 MILLION FOR 39 GTTF SETTLEMENTS. 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 list of officers includes some who were charged last year but not tried or have reached plea deals until this year. In January 2022, a law firms independent investigation into the GTTF found institutional failure in supervision of the officers. 599. | VIDEO BELOW: Baltimore pays out $575K in latest GTTF settlement. REPORTER: SOME OF THE OFFICERS INVOLVED IN THE TASK FORCE WERE CONVICTED IN FEDERAL COURT ON VARIOUS CHARGES. Prosecutors obtained text messages that showed conversations between Snell and family members dating back to 2014. 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. Federal prosecutors said they used their authority to rob suspects of drugs and money. Amid soaring crime and distrust in law enforcement, the unit played both cops and robbers, said lead federal prosecutor Leo Wise. 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. A man named Ronald Hamilton testified that his car was stopped in 2016 by task force members, the station reported. 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. His focus is on the characters in the unit and the fascinating twists and turns of the investigation that eventually brought the rogue cops to justice. "The city is accepting responsibility and is being held accountable after the Board of Estimates approved the settlement at its meeting Wednesday morning. First published on April 29, 2022 / 11:30 PM. (Kenneth K. Lam). He testified under oath that he witnessed Yusuf Smith toss a handgun while running from officers on the Alameda in May 2018. REPORTER: THEIR MOTHER DIED 8 YEARS AFTER THE CRASH NOW THEY BELIEVE THE CITY OF BALTIMORE IS ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY. U.S. District Judge Catherine Blake handed down the punishment to former Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel Hersl, who had a reputation as a dirty officer stretching back years. / CBS Baltimore. The officers had plead not guilty. Koushall was charged with assault assault after being accused of striking fellow officer Sgt. An employee at the storage facility testified that Hersl and his supervisor, who has pleaded guilty, demanded to see a surveillance video of the encounter, the station reported. "It could have been any of us. 2. A veteran police sergeant filmed allegedly arresting, threatening and harassing. Gun Trace Task Force fallout: Jemell Rayam. 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. A Warner Bros. 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. Rivera-Martinez, 32, was found guilty by a Baltimore City Circuit Court jury for beating Melvin Townes, then 16, in the face and head repeatedly with his stun gun after chasing him on North Gay Street about 2 a.m. on July 5, 2016. From the bench, Baltimore Circuit Judge Yolanda Tanner said Williams repeated blows to McGrier were without justification." And through it all, the devastating pace of violent crime in the city of Baltimore continued unabated. 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 . 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. Tears start coming out. Taylor is at a federal prison in northeast Arkansas. Rayam had admitted to crimes dating back to 2009. 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. The settlement goes to . Gladstone faces up to 10 years in federal prison. That car crashed into a car in which Davis and Cain were riding. The extent of the GTTF's 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,. 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. A former detective testified that Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Tears start coming out. But the gripping new book We Own This City: A True Story of Crime, Cops, and Corruption puts that concern to rest. They specifically tracked one member, Momodu Gondo, who was believed to be working with drug dealers and possibly helping them circumvent drug charges. Burley's vehicle struck another, killing 86-year-old Elbert Davis in 2010. Police commissioner Fred Bealefeld says he purposefully chose to have the officers arrested at the police academy to serve as a reminder to the city and his officers of their commitment to. He is scheduled to be sentenced in December. the epic corruption and fraud that included using his badge to send innocent people to jail. For good measure, some cops in the unit stole scads of overtime from the city, at times even collecting it while they were on vacation. Written by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton, the book tells the incredible tale of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force, an elite plainclothes unit of the Baltimore Police Department tasked with getting guns and drugs off the streets. They stole 800g of heroin, jewellery, watches and a gun. Charges again officer involved in strip club brawl filed, dropped. A man they shook down went to the FBI, and authorities launched an investigation that found the officers were detaining and robbing drug dealers. However, after clearing the scene, the officer stole drugs from the pharmacy, gave them to a drug dealer, and split the profits from the dealers sale of them. According to trial testimony, after robbing a high-level drug dealer, Jenkins listened to the man's phone calls to his wife from jail, telling her to hire a lawyer. Snell, 34, worked in the Baltimore police department from 2005 to 2008 and was working as an officer in Philadelphia at the time he was arrested. Watch. The wide array of crimes the GTTFs officers engaged in is staggering. The officers charged in the racketeering indictment are: Det. Gondo admitted he routinely stole cash from people's homes when given the opportunity, and split the take with his fellow officers. Keith Gladstone pleaded guilty in May in a 2014 case where a toy gun was planted on a man to justify him being chased by police and later run down by an officers vehicle. 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 Gun Trace Task Force, and another officer charged with drug trafficking. Baltimore police did not provide specific reasons why Pitocchelli was suspended. Two former Baltimore police officers found guilty in corruption trial Feb. 13, 2018 01:20. . Heilman, 27, was fired from the department in 2018 after passersby saw him found slumped over in his car in the early afternoon in Pigtown. Police said protesters threw rocks and water bottles at police. According to Allers' plea agreement, the man was later shot and killed by another man because he could not repay a drug-related debt. As the former head of the GTTF, Allers admitted stealing cash from civilians on several occasions in the course of his police work, along with officers Hersl, Rayam and Gondo. Sgt. Read about our approach to external linking. Shirley Johnson and her brothers and sisters relied on patience as they sought an apology and accountability almost 13 years after a crash killed their father, Elbert Davis Sr., and seriously injured their mother, Phosa Cain. Baltimore Police Detective Daniel Hersl A jury found Hersl guilty for his role in several robberies committed by the squad, including an incident where the officers took over $25,000 from a. If anyone ran, the officers would chase after them. In total, the GTTF is believed to have stolen at least $300,000, 43 pounds of marijuana, 800 grams of heroin, three kilos of cocaine, and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewelry. Part of the reason is that they are scared of retribution, but many citizens also do not trust the police. 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. When he was indicted, Rivera-Martinez was suspended without pay. Rayam was investigated for theft of $11,000 from a man that year. Gun Trace Task Force fallout: Carmine Vignola. Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, who was the leader of the unit, pleaded guilty to multiple charges including racketeering, robbery, and falsification of records and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, the stiffest of all the sentences. THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER OF THE OTHER CAR UMAR BURLEY AND BRENT MATTHEWS WERE ARRESTED ACCUSED OF HEROIN POSSESSION AND CONVICTED. 2023 Cable News Network. It's just awful. "We didn't go above and beyond to make sure we were checking, to make sure that those people sworn to serve and protect hadn't turned themselves into the biggest gang in Baltimore," Scott said. 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