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Attorneys and city leaders are closely watching a lawsuit that may prove a bellwether for the raft of police corruption lawsuit

By Tim Prudente

Jul 4, 2019

Suiter’s death remains controversial — it is officially a homicide, with questions raised about whether he killed himself and staged it to look like a murder.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison thinks plainclothes police can be an effective part of crime fighting; we disagree.

Despite corruption that has sometimes flourished in plainclothes squads, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says they still have a place.

The Baltimore Sun should not have chosen Father's Day to run Justin Fenton's story about a rogue member of the Baltimore police Gun Trace Task Force.

In this bonus episode of Newsroom Edition, hear more about the reporting process of 'Cops and Robbers,' Justin Fenton's three-part investigative series.

The Fraternal Order of Police needs to putting up obstacles to rooting out bad cops.

Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton spent a year delving into the operations of Wayne Jenkins and his officers, both as members of the Gun Trace Task Force and

New findings from Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton reveal how rogue members of the Gun Trace Task Force thrived in the police department for so long.

Keith Gladstone entered a guilty plea in a case in which a toy gun was planted on a man chased by police to justify an officer running him down with his car.

A Baltimore County councilman questioned Melissa Hyatt, the nominee for county police chief, about her two-decade career in the Baltimore Police Department.

By Alison Knezevich

May 28, 2019

A former Baltimore police detective was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday, the last officer to be sentenced in the Gun Trace Task Force case.

Timeline following the federal racketeering case of Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force.

Gladstone has been described as a mentor and frequent collaborator with Jenkins, who went on to lead the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force unit.

The move follows an outcry from Suiter’s family that the unsolved case was being ignored.

The last former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective to be sentenced is asking for a term of just three years in prison.

A Baltimore judge has thrown out a request by city attorneys seeking to ensure taxpayers won’t be responsible for lawsuits against the Gun Trace Task Force.

By Tim Prudente

May 13, 2019

A retired Baltimore Police sergeant has agreed to cease soliciting money for a police charity that the Maryland Attorney General’s Office says misled the public about its operations.

Baltimore can't recover if it continues to be stuck in controversies like 'Healthy Holly' or the Gun Trace Task Force.

A former police officer in Philadelphia and Baltimore was sentenced to nine years in federal prison Friday afternoon for helping a member of the Gun Trace Task Force sell drugs taken off the street here.

Maryland lawmakers have passed a bill, pushed by the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office, designed to help clear the way for prosecutors to overturn convictions they deem tainted or unjust.

City Solicitor Andre Davis told Circuit Judge Gregory Sampson that the conduct of the convicted former Gun Trace Task Force officers was so far outside the “scope of employment” that an agreement with the police union to cover officers’ lawsuit damages shouldn’t apply.

In a sentencing memorandum filed Friday, the prosecutors for the first time linked De Sousa’s prosecution with the wider corruption case, saying they uncovered evidence that city officers shared tips about how to get tax refunds by claiming fraudulent deductions.

Michael Harrison, who left the New Orleans department to become Baltimore’s next police commissioner, is again taking the challenge of leading a troubled department through expansive court-ordered reforms, while also dealing with a community largely distrustful of police.

By Jessica Anderson

Mar 11, 2019

Two years after federal prosecutors in the Gun Trace Task Force case took Keyon Paylor before a grand jury to testify against Det. Daniel Hersl, lawyers with the U.S. Attorney’s Office say they doubt his account and are fighting his effort to get his conviction overturned.

A former Baltimore police sergeant has been indicted for allegedly assisting a member of the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force, prosecutors say.

The timeline for a state commission’s investigation into the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force scandal would be extended another year under a bill put forth by key legislators.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will deliver the keynote speech for the University of Baltimore Law School's graduation.

By Sarah Meehan

Feb 13, 2019

Former Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force detective Momodu Gondo, who stole money as an officer while aiding members of a drug crew on the side, was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby wants to overrule judges based on what she perceives as bad evidence, which her office presented, due to the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.

City prosecutors continue to review more than 2,000 cases involving officers convicted of federal racketeering charges as well as others accused of misconduct by convicted officers.

Gondo faces the highest possible sentence of the officers convicted in the case, due to the fact that he was also indicted along with the drug crew.

At 21, Alexia Davis was the youngest trainee to graduate Friday from the police academy, and will be fulfilling her lifelong dream as a patrol officer assigned to the Northeast District.

By Jessica Anderson

Feb 1, 2019

The legislative panel investigating the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal was pitched Monday on a new plan for community oversight regarding officer misconduct.

The independent monitoring team overseeing Baltimore’s consent decree is calling for an internal affairs investigation into the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, including investigating officers implicated in the case who have not been charged with a crime.

By Jessica Anderson

Jan 18, 2019

A monitor overseeing reforms of the Baltimore Police Department says the dysfunction within the agency is so deep and widespread that it will take years longer than anticipated to root it out. Kenneth Thompson testified before the House of Delegates' judiciary committee in Annapolis.

By Luke Broadwater

Jan 17, 2019

Maryland's Commission to Restore Trust in Policing, which has subpoena power and is underway after initially being opposed by Baltimore City leaders, is focusing on providing as much clarity as possible about how orchestrated police corruption went undetected for years.

The Baltimore Police Department had a widespread practice of wrongly expunging internal affairs files of officers accused of misconduct, the public defender’s office alleges, and it’s calling for an investigation into the department’s practices.

By Jessica Anderson

Dec 26, 2018

A 30-year-old man shot in the face and upper body late Wednesday night on Baker Street in the Western District died overnight, becoming the 300th homicide victim this year in Baltimore City.

By Jessica Anderson

Dec 20, 2018

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By Sarah Meehan

Dec 20, 2018

The state commission exploring the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force scandal heard contrasting testimony in its first meeting held in Baltimore.

A former Baltimore police officer has admitted to the FBI that he stole money, lied in police reports, and improperly used electronic surveillance devices, federal prosecutors in California said — widening the scope of police misconduct unearthed by the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.

A Baltimore Police officer who resigned from the force in June was being investigated for alleged drug trafficking, with the FBI obtaining a tracking warrant for her phone after receiving detailed allegations from a confidential source, records show.

A whistleblower within the Baltimore Police Department flagged investigators to corrupt members of the Gun Trace Task Force years ago — crucial information that later helped launch the federal racketeering case that took down an entire squad of crooked officers, new documents show.

A state commission investigating the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force scandal will get secret records from the police department — but will have to sign an agreement to keep them from public view.

A flurry of recent activity by federal authorities is suggesting there could be more fallout coming from the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force case.

A former Baltimore and Philadelphia police officer entered a guilty plea in the midst of his trial on charges that he conspired to sell drugs with corrupt members of the Gun Trace Task Force.

Convicted Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force Det. Momodu Gondo testified Tuesday that his stealing money started in 2008 as part of a “culture” of city plainclothes detectives building trust with each other.

A brief look at the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, and where former Philadelphia cop Eric Snell fits in.

By Christina Tkacik

Oct 29, 2018

Members of a state commission created to look into the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force scandal convened their first meeting in Annapolis on Tuesday, with a state senator giving a sobering assessment of the state of the city to emphasize the importance of their work.