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Antifar 08/30/17 3:07:12 PM #1:	http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-eighth-officer-indicted-20170830-story.html An eighth Baltimore police officer has been indicted on federal racketeering charges, with federal prosecutors alleging he “stole money from victims, some of whom had not committed crimes, swore out false affidavits and submitted false official incident reports.” He did so while overseeing and covering for other officers committing similar crimes, the prosecutors alleged. Sgt. Thomas Allers, 49, of Linthicum Heights, a member of the Baltimore Police Department since 1996, was arrested Wednesday on nine counts of robbery and extortion, after his Aug. 24 indictment was unsealed. Allers oversaw the Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, a special unit that investigated gun crimes, from 2013 until mid-2016. Seven other members of the unit were indicted in March on similar racketeering charges, accused of robbing people, filing false court paperwork and submitting fraudulent overtime claims. Prosecutors allege that Allers — who did not have an attorney listed in online court records — stole more than $90,000 in a series of robberies, and that one resident he stole from was subsequently shot and killed “because he could not repay a drug-related debt.” They also allege Allers covered for the other indicted officers by filing false incident reports, and “obstructed law enforcement by alerting other members of the [gun task force] about potential investigations of their criminal conduct.” "I condemn any and all criminal activity that erodes our trust with the community," Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said in a statement. "We are and have been embedded with the FBI /Baltimore field office’s Public Corruption Task Force. This partnership ensures that police officers that commit criminal misconduct will face the certainty of accountability." Allers left the Gun Trace Task Force in June 2016 and was assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration task force, the DEA confirmed. He left the task force around March, when the members of his former unit were indicted. Two of the seven officers indicted in March have pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Others have pleaded not guilty. Two have scheduled rearraignments, where they could change their not-guilty pleas to guilty pleas. One has not entered a plea. The March indictments led Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office to drop 77 criminal cases that relied on the testimony of the officers, and more than 100 are currently under review. Mosby’s office could not immediately be reached for comment about the indictment of the eighth officer, and whether it would lead to additional dropped cases against criminal defendants in the city. In announcing the indictment, federal prosecutors in the office of acting Maryland U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning outlined several specific incidents in which they allege Allers committed crimes. In one incident, while serving a search warrant at a Baltimore home in early April 2015, prosecutors said Allers and other officers found $6,000 that was “a combination of money that the homeowners had made buying and selling used cars and a tax refund the wife had received.” Prosecutors said Allers and the other officers stole $5,700, and “then filed a false incident report stating that only $233 had been seized.” --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:885727937] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-eighth-officer-indicted-20170830-story.html <quote>An eighth Baltimore police officer has been indicted on federal racketeering charges, with federal prosecutors alleging he “stole money from victims, some of whom had not committed crimes, swore out false affidavits and submitted false official incident reports.” He did so while overseeing and covering for other officers committing similar crimes, the prosecutors alleged. Sgt. Thomas Allers, 49, of Linthicum Heights, a member of the Baltimore Police Department since 1996, was arrested Wednesday on nine counts of robbery and extortion, after his Aug. 24 indictment was unsealed. Allers oversaw the Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, a special unit that investigated gun crimes, from 2013 until mid-2016. Seven other members of the unit were indicted in March on similar racketeering charges, accused of robbing people, filing false court paperwork and submitting fraudulent overtime claims. Prosecutors allege that Allers — who did not have an attorney listed in online court records — stole more than $90,000 in a series of robberies, and that one resident he stole from was subsequently shot and killed “because he could not repay a drug-related debt.” They also allege Allers covered for the other indicted officers by filing false incident reports, and “obstructed law enforcement by alerting other members of the [gun task force] about potential investigations of their criminal conduct.” "I condemn any and all criminal activity that erodes our trust with the community," Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said in a statement. "We are and have been embedded with the FBI /Baltimore field office’s Public Corruption Task Force. This partnership ensures that police officers that commit criminal misconduct will face the certainty of accountability." Allers left the Gun Trace Task Force in June 2016 and was assigned to a Drug Enforcement Administration task force, the DEA confirmed. He left the task force around March, when the members of his former unit were indicted. Two of the seven officers indicted in March have pleaded guilty to the charges against them. Others have pleaded not guilty. Two have scheduled rearraignments, where they could change their not-guilty pleas to guilty pleas. One has not entered a plea. The March indictments led Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s office to drop 77 criminal cases that relied on the testimony of the officers, and more than 100 are currently under review. Mosby’s office could not immediately be reached for comment about the indictment of the eighth officer, and whether it would lead to additional dropped cases against criminal defendants in the city. In announcing the indictment, federal prosecutors in the office of acting Maryland U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning outlined several specific incidents in which they allege Allers committed crimes. In one incident, while serving a search warrant at a Baltimore home in early April 2015, prosecutors said Allers and other officers found $6,000 that was “a combination of money that the homeowners had made buying and selling used cars and a tax refund the wife had received.” Prosecutors said Allers and the other officers stole $5,700, and “then filed a false incident report stating that only $233 had been seized.”</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BootyGif 08/30/17 3:08:18 PM #2:	Isolated incident infinity --- https://i.imgtc.com/4s4wNqG.png <cite>BootyGif posted [p:885727992] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Isolated incident infinity</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 08/30/17 3:17:34 PM #3:	Bump --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:885728541] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
A_Good_Boy 08/30/17 3:25:43 PM #4:	Just one bad apple, in a barrel full of bad apples. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.2.2 <cite>A_Good_Boy posted [p:885729024] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Just one bad apple, in a barrel full of bad apples.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 08/30/17 3:28:00 PM #5:	A_Good_Boy posted... Just one bad apple, in a barrel full of bad apples. I mean, these are 8 apples --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:885729144] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>A_Good_Boy posted...</cite> <quote>Just one bad apple, in a barrel full of bad apples.</quote> I mean, these are 8 apples</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
apocalyptic_4 08/30/17 3:28:36 PM #6:	To protect and extort --- PSN: Adrian396 XBL: Prime Legacy Nintendo ID: Apocalypse <cite>apocalyptic_4 posted [p:885729178] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>To protect and extort</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BootyGif 08/30/17 3:29:09 PM #7:	Waiting for republicans to blame criminals --- https://i.imgtc.com/4s4wNqG.png <cite>BootyGif posted [p:885729206] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Waiting for republicans to blame criminals</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bishop9800 08/30/17 3:30:29 PM #8:	BootyGif posted... Isolated incident infinity Yeah. That's what they all say. --- I don't have to insult you. I have proven that you are a hypocrite and a fool. That's not insulting you, that's exposing you. PSN-Bishop9800 <cite>Bishop9800 posted [p:885729262] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>BootyGif posted...</cite> <quote>Isolated incident infinity</quote> Yeah. That's what they all say.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
literal_garbage 08/30/17 3:30:32 PM #9:	Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe --- - literal garbage <cite>literal_garbage posted [p:885729264] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Antifar 08/30/17 8:02:09 PM #10:	Bump --- kin to all that throbs <cite>Antifar posted [p:885744448] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Bump</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BootyGif 08/30/17 8:03:43 PM #11:	literal_garbage posted... Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe srsly though, some people will say this. --- https://i.imgtc.com/4s4wNqG.png <cite>BootyGif posted [p:885744557] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> srsly though, some people will say this.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TommyG663513 08/30/17 8:06:45 PM #12:	Isn't this the same police department that refused to do their jobs because people were critical of them for killing a suspect? --- just tell them all your base doesn't belong to us because we were getting stoned...they'll understand-Ken156 <cite>TommyG663513 posted [p:885744725] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Isn't this the same police department that refused to do their jobs because people were critical of them for killing a suspect?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
literal_garbage 08/30/17 9:44:23 PM #13:	BootyGif posted... literal_garbage posted... Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe srsly though, some people will say this. Cry snowflake --- - literal garbage <cite>literal_garbage posted [p:885750011] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>BootyGif posted...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> srsly though, some people will say this.</quote> Cry snowflake</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bishop9800 08/30/17 9:49:07 PM #14:	literal_garbage posted... Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe So you support cops doing shit like this? --- I don't have to insult you. I have proven that you are a hypocrite and a fool. That's not insulting you, that's exposing you. PSN-Bishop9800 <cite>Bishop9800 posted [p:885750274] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> So you support cops doing shit like this?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
literal_garbage 08/30/17 10:13:49 PM #15:	Bishop9800 posted... literal_garbage posted... Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe So you support cops doing shit like this? It's like you didn't even read my post --- - literal garbage <cite>literal_garbage posted [p:885751617] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>Bishop9800 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> So you support cops doing shit like this?</quote> It's like you didn't even read my post</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Kyle-Orton 08/30/17 10:25:30 PM #17:	literal_garbage posted... BootyGif posted... literal_garbage posted... Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe srsly though, some people will say this. Cry snowflake Should've just stuck with the satire --- \_O__/ \__O_/ <cite>Kyle-Orton posted [p:885752327] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote><cite>BootyGif posted...</cite> <quote><cite>literal_garbage posted...</cite> <quote>Sometimes good people have to do "bad" things to protect us from bad people They were just trying to make us safe</quote> srsly though, some people will say this.</quote> Cry snowflake</quote> Should've just stuck with the satire</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ShinigamiSoul 08/30/17 10:40:21 PM #18:	Sad. --- I dont want a sig! <cite>ShinigamiSoul posted [p:885753182] in 8th Baltim... [t:75724274]...</cite> <quote>Sad.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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