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| Corrections officer and gang member sentenced in jail corruption case |
| By baltimoresun.com - Ian Duncan |
| Published: 01/16/2014 |
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In one part of her notebook, Taryn Kirkland kept a ledger tracking money sent to Black Guerrilla Family gang boss Steven Loney. But elsewhere she left more intimate scribblings: "I ♥ Stevie" she wrote. And on a later page: "I ♥ Steven." Their love story unfolded behind bars at the Baltimore City Detention Center, where Kirkland was a corrections officer and Loney was awaiting trial in a shooting case. The relationship quickly developed into one of romance mixed with business, according to court documents. Kirkland smuggled drugs for Loney and helped launder the proceeds. At the same time, she was considering how his last name would suit her if they got married. She wrote in her notebook: "Mrs. Loney," then "Ms. Loney." Had Kirkland, 23, not taken a job at the jail upon graduating from high school, her path might never have crossed the 24-year-old Loney's. She was a hard-working student, her great-aunt said. He was perennially in trouble — he spent only 120 days out of jail after turning 19, by his own estimate. Read More. |
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