Published on Mar 3, 2017 by PoliceCrime
BALTIMORE – Seven Baltimore Police officers were indicted on charges of committing robberies, extortion, filing fake police reports and overtime fraud.
In today’s news conference federal and local law enforcement officials were flanked by poster boards of the damning evidence on one side and the code we expect from our officers on the other.
“I recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith,” the code begins; a badge today tarnished, illustrated in the tense face and terse words of Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis.
“They are 1930’s style gangsters as far as I am concerned. The misdeeds and the criminal misconduct they were engaged in shocks me as much as it does anyone in this room,” Davis said.
It is blatant abuse of power the feds say including the swindling of almost 400 thousand dollars in overtime between the seven officers in fiscal year 2016 alone.
Most of the officers were part of the specialized Gun Trace Task Force using their post to commit robberies and extortion.
The indictments also allege the seven officers made fake police reports and even deliberately turned off their body worn cameras to conduct their business.
The outgoing U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein called it a “pernicious robbery scheme,” and that the indictments read like a slow but steady fleecing of public trust through power.
“It shows you what is going on behind the scenes, what these defendant allegedly are talking about…how they conduct themselves when they think nobody is listening and what you see is a lack of respect for the system,” Rosenstein said.
Lack of respect and flying in the face of a reform the Baltimore Police commissioner has been championing.
Of Officers Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor and Maurice Ward, some already had personnel smears on their records.
It culminated this morning with all of them in handcuffs and escorted into FBI custody by Baltimore Police Internal Affairs but as this department pushes reform, it is an open question as to how this scheme went on for so long undetected.
“Where there is smoke there is fire and a few police officers that I already spoke to today, when they heard a couple of the names involved, were not surprised,” said Commissioner Kevin Davis, “So if they were not surprised…why did it take this long to get to where we are, I think that is a leadership challenge.”
The officers involved have been identified as Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor and Maurice Ward.
One officer was charged in a separate drug distribution indictment.
The officers could face up to 20 years in prison.
they all look like good fresh meat for homey in prison.
PEDO-GATE
can someone get this link to Henry?
Much thanks
EOTS
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“See this badge, I’m Jonny Law, what I say goes.”
It’s a “power trip”, dominatrix type of gig, they “get off” on it. The moment they’re cuffing you, they’re “creaming their jeans”.
I know a few kids in cop school and discussing everyday things with someone who is infected with “cop mentality”, you soon learn they have a whole different view of the world. Yup, evil lurks behind every corner. “Suspicious looking characters” are what they deem everyone. It’s their “probable cause” and if charges are dropped, somehow, all of the evidence, money, goes missing. What a racket.
A slap on the wrist, transfer, and problem solved.
“Hello new police recruit. I see you have high expectations with your superbly low IQ score, incompetence, and overall Neanderthal attitude, you’re just the recruit we’ve been looking for.” “Tell your mother to put you on the bottle, you can’t go home to suck on your mommy’s teat 10 times a day.”
My Fellow Americans:
“7 officers arrested for robbery & selling drugs.”
ALL,…… “Policeman Of The Year” material now!
These guys got busted because they weren’t sharing the booty,…. that’s all.
JD – US Marines: There is No such thing as a “good”,… or “honest” cop,.. it is a mathematical impossibility.
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That’s the truth.
They are gang bangers. I spent most of my life ‘living’ in Chitcago. I had a friend who was a police chaplain. He said roll call was interesting because they had to keep the Latin Disciple cops separated from the Latin King cops. This was back in early eighties.
ONLY seven?????