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| Baltimore BGF jail smuggling case hits 19 more suspects |
| By baltimoresun.com - Ian Duncan |
| Published: 11/26/2013 |
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Federal authorities have charged 14 more corrections officers with corruption at the Baltimore jail, adding new breadth to allegations that the Black Guerrilla Family essentially took over the downtown detention center. The officers were among 19 suspects accused in indictments unsealed Thursday, deepening the scandal that broke in April with charges that two dozen officers, detainees and associates worked together to smuggle drugs and other contraband into the jail. One of the officers charged this week was a K-9 supervisor and Army reservist now deployed to Afghanistan. Another is said to have maintained a romantic relationship with an inmate in a Hagerstown prison. Prosecutors do not say the gang has continued its reign following the initial bust, but they say wiretaps and witness interviews have revealed just how much power the BGF accumulated. As many as three-quarters of the approximately 650 officers at the Baltimore City Detention Center were involved in contraband smuggling, witnesses said in court documents, contradicting assertions by corrections department officials that the "overwhelming majority" of staff members at the jail were clean. Some state lawmakers said Thursday that the latest allegations call into question whether state officials are moving fast enough to review possible gang ties among officers still working at the jail. The allegations unsealed in April — packed with lurid details of sex behind bars and brazen boasts by gang leader Tavon White that he controlled the jail — set off widespread criticism of Gov. Martin O'Malley and the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Read More. |
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