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<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong>12 jurors and four alternates were selected in the trial of two officers charged in one of the largest scandals in the Baltimore PD history, on</strong></span><span style="color: #0a0000;"><strong> Monday, the trial&#8217;s opening day</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Some Baltimore cops allegedly, had conspired with officers in Philadelphia to sell cocaine and heroin seized on the streets of Baltimore</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Sgts. Thomas Allers and Wayne Jenkins and Dets. Momodu Gondo, Daniel Hersl, Evodio Hendrix, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor and Maurice Ward have been charged</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Feds said Philadelphia cop Eric Troy </span><span style="color: #0a0000;">Snell, earned thousands of dollars serving as a conduit between corrupt members of a Baltimore police task force, Jemell Lamar Rayam and Sgt Earl Wayne Jenkins who stole the drugs, and [Snell&#8217;s] brother who sold them in Philadelphia</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Snell allegedly, also threatened the children of a Baltimore officer who pled guilty in the case </span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #0a0000;">On Nov 15 Baltimore homicide detective Suiter, 43, who was set to testify before a grand jury in the case, was shot in the head</span></strong></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor of the eight indicted members of a disbanded police unit called the Gun Trace Task Force who have entered &#8216;Not Guilty&#8217; pleas</span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #0a0000;">Six of the indicted officers &#8211; Allers, Jenkins, Gondo, Evodio Hendrix and Rayam have pled guilty &#8211; </span><span style="color: #0a0000;">Four are expected to testify as prosecution witnesses</span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #0a0000;">Allers, Rayam, Hendrix and Ward are facing up to 20 years in prison, Jenkins faces up to 30 and Gondo 40 years</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-288814" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Daniel-Hersl-left-and-Marcus-Taylor-right-1.png" alt=" Daniel Hersl [left], and Marcus Taylor [right] 1.png" width="643" height="570" /><br />
</strong><strong>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<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">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&#8217;s history.<br />
The jury was picked from a statewide pool of 75 people on Monday, the trial&#8217;s opening day.<br />
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.</p>
<p class="meta"><strong>Related:</strong><a href="https://konniemoments.com/2017/11/22/slain-baltimore-police-officer-sean-suiter-was-shot-in-the-head-just-before-he-was-to-testify-against-rogue-cops-in-fed-case/" rel="bookmark"> Slain Baltimore police officer, Sean Suiter, was shot in the head just before he was to testify against rogue cops in fed case</a><br />
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, <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/philadelphia/feds-philly-officer-sold-drugs-stolen-by-corrupt-baltimore-police-squad-20171114.html?amphtml=y&;mobi=true">according to Philly.com</a>.<br />
In March Baltimore police arrested of eight members of an elite gun task force on charges of <a href="https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/federal-corruption-case-nabs-philly-officer-connected-baltimore-cops/">robbing and extorting drug dealers for years.</a><br />
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.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img id="i-b870c87a10c962a2" class="blkBorder img-share b-loaded" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/23/06/487CE62300000578-5300747-image-a-31_1516689380104.jpg" alt="12 jurors and four alternates were selected in the trial of two officers charged in one of the largest 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" width="663" height="367" /><strong>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&#8217;s history. Monday was the opening day </strong></h6>
<p class="mol-para-with-font">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.<br />
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.<br />
The man, Gary Brown filed a complaint with the police. Police launched an internal affairs investigation.<br />
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.<br />
But an internal trial board acquitted him of those findings in 2012, and the state’s attorney’s office declined to prosecute him criminally.<br />
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.<br />
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.</p>
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The first witness prosecutors hope to call to the stands is Det Maurice Ward [left], who worked with Marcus Taylor under Sgt Wayne Jenkins [right]. Taylor is one of the two men on trial. Ward and Jenkins have already taken pleas<br />
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<p class="imageCaption">Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor are two of eight indicted members of a disbanded police unit called the Gun Trace Task Force. They pleaded not guilty</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Six other indicted Baltimore officers have pleaded guilty. Four of them may testify as witnesses for the government.<br />
The first witness prosecutors hope to call to the stands is Detective Maurice Ward. Ward worked with Taylor under Sgt Wayne Jenkins before they were tapped to join the Gun Trace Task Force in June 2016.<br />
All eight officers were accused of executing searches without warrants, invading private homes, robbing suspects and innocent citizens of cash, reselling seized drugs on the street, and making fraudulent overtime claim.<br />
The first witness prosecutors hope to call to the stands is Detective Maurice Ward.<br />
Ward worked with Marcus Taylor under Sgt Wayne Jenkins before they were tapped to join the Gun Trace Task Force in June 2016.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Thomas Allers, who also oversaw the unit has pleaded guilty along with Momodu Gondo, Jemell Rayam, Evodio Hendrix and Ward.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><img class="alignnone wp-image-288813" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Thomas-Allers-left-and-Jemell-Rayam-right-1.png" alt="Thomas Allers [left], and Jemell Rayam [right] 1.png" width="657" height="585" /><strong>Thomas Allers [left], who also oversaw the unit already pled guilty along with Momodu Gondo, Jemell Rayam [right], Evodio Hendrix and Ward. Rayam allegedly is at the center of the corruption scandal.<br />
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<p>Allers, Rayam, Hendrix and Ward could serve up to 20 years in prison while Jenkins faces up to 30 and Gondo has a maximum sentence of 40 years.<br />
Prosecutors have either dropped or plan to drop more than 100 criminal cases that rely on the testimony of the corrupt officers.</p>
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<p class="imageCaption">Allers, Rayam, Hendrix and Ward could serve up to 20 years in prison while Jenkins faces up to 30 and Gondo has a maximum sentence of 40 years.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">50 adjudicated cases were successfully reopened only to then drop as advised from the defense counsel.<br />
A Philadelphia police officer, Eric troy Snell, who attended the Baltimore Police training academy with Rayam, also has charges brought against them.</p>
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Baltimore police officer, Sean Suiter died after being shot in the head on Nov 14, before he could testify against fellow officers in the drug-related charges in a federal indictment </strong></h6>
<p>The case has already seen casualties even before it started. A ninth officer implicated in the case, Baltimore homicide detective, Sean Suiter was killed with his own service weapon as he was preparing to testify against fellow officers indicted in a drug-running scheme.<br />
Sean Suiter, 43, was fatally shot in the head on Nov. 15 and authorities said there was evidence of a struggle, The <a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-baltimore-detective-update-20171122-story.html">Baltimore Sun </a>reported. Suiter was scheduled to testify before a federal grand jury about the case at the time.<br />
Opening statements are expected Tuesday. and the the trial is expected to last up to four weeks.</p>
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Updates: Trial of two Baltimore police gun squad accused of extortion and robbery – Jury selection underway
