On Trial; Detectives Daniel Hersl [left], and Marcus Taylor [right], are the only two of eight indicted members of a disbanded police unit called the Gun Trace Task Force who have steadfastly maintained that are not guilty of the charges

Twelve jurors and four alternates have been selected in the trial of two officers charged in one of the largest bribery and corruption scandals in the Baltimore police department’s history.
The jury was picked from a statewide pool of 75 people on Monday, the trial’s opening day.
Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor are two of eight indicted members of a disbanded police unit called the Gun Trace Task Force. They have pled not guilty to racketeering and robbery charges.

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The complaint alleges that cops in Baltimore city had conspired with officers in Philadelphia to sell cocaine and heroin seized from the streets of Baltimore, according to Philly.com.
In March Baltimore police arrested of eight members of an elite gun task force on charges of robbing and extorting drug dealers for years.
The eight Baltimore city police officers charged with racketeering by the U.S. attorney’s office include Sgt. Wayne Earl Jenkins, Det Marcus Roosevelt Taylor, Maurice Kilpatrick Ward, Evodio Hendrix, Momodu Gando,  Daniel Thomas Hersl, Jemell L Rayam and Sgt. Thomas Allers.

12 jurors and four alternates were selected on Monday, in the trial of two officers charged in one of the largest corruption scandals in the Baltimore police dept’s history. Monday was the opening day 

Detective Jemell Rayam, a 12-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department was one of eight city police officers charged with racketeering in March by the U.S. attorney’s office.
Rayam and two other officers were accused in June 2009 of stealing $11,000 in cash from a man they pulled over in a traffic stop.
The man, Gary Brown filed a complaint with the police. Police launched an internal affairs investigation.
Rayam failed a 2010 polygraph test, and investigators concluded that he had provided false statements. The investigation resulted in a “finding of Sustained for the allegations of Misconduct General, Misrepresentation of Facts, and False Statements,” the documents show.
But an internal trial board acquitted him of those findings in 2012, and the state’s attorney’s office declined to prosecute him criminally.
In October, Rayam became the third Baltimore officer to plead guilty to federal racketeering charges,de facto admitting to robbing suspects and forging reports to cover his tracks.
Ha also he admitted to helping a Baltimore drug dealer rob a rival. Rayam and his fellow robbers made off with $12,000, a Rolex watch, a gold necklace, a handgun and 800 grams of heroin.