Jenkins pleaded guilty in January and admitted taking part in at least 10 robberies of Baltimore citizens, planting drugs on innocent people and re-selling drugs he stole from suspects on an. He took pictures of himself and Jenkins together inside the police department, where Stepp would sometimes pick up drugs. He counters that the units helped bring down crime, and says he made it a point to scrutinize their conduct. That creates a culture its not unique to Baltimore, but its pronounced here that those guys should be given a pass, Davis said. Donald Stepp was released from federal prison back in January of this year. "Seen it done, honest to god, 500 times.". Jenkins admitted that he stole drugs from work and delivered them to Stepp, who would turn around and sell them. I wasnt privy. He also acknowledged stealing the man's $4,000 (2,956) watch, which he gave to Stepp to sell. Jenkins and Fries would later say in sworn depositions that Sneed had been yelling expletives about police and throwing glass bottles at them. But the scope of the corruption of Jenkins and his men remains a singular stain on the force. In the police academy, his peers saw a leader. I sold drugs as a dirty cop," he says. These officers often operate with a great deal of independence. As in the past, a video had surfaced that conflicted with the written account of a drug arrest by Jenkins and another officer. They stole drugs and cash, sold seized narcotics and guns back on the street, planted evidence on people, even committed home invasions. Read about our approach to external linking. The apartment complex had a camera in the parking lot. We knew he wasn't the straight-and-narrow cop that all cops are supposed to be," he said. A few months after the OConnor incident, Jenkins was involved in another run-in where his sworn account was contradicted. One former supervisor never responded. During his time on the streets of Baltimore Jenkins was involved. "He drew first blood," Stepp says of Jenkins. His supervisors and others either failed to see the red flags or chose to ignore them. Four years after the Gun Trace Task Force officers were arrested, he says he sees no difference on the streets of Baltimore. "I'm wrong, God knows I'm wrong," the 37-year-old said. Jenkins was given a 25-year prison sentence on June 7, 2018, which he is currently in the midst of serving at a federal prison in Kentucky. They might not have been believed anyhow. Jenkins, shown here with then-Commissioner Kevin Davis, was awarded a bronze star in April 2016 for his efforts to save injured officers during the unrest a year earlier. The first 15 minutes are over in a flash. Becoming Wayne Jenkins: Jon Bernthal's Deep Dive Into We Own This City 's Corrupt Cop For the HBO miniseries, the actor went on nightly ride-alongs and spoke at length with the imprisoned. And while searching the area, Jenkins claimed, he found a BB gun under a nearby car. "I'd rather be a prosecutor so I don't overkill people. Prosecutors investigated and even presented evidence to a grand jury but concluded they didnt have enough evidence to obtain an indictment. But Whiting is not so optimistic. Please sign up today and help make a difference. Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, along with Detectives Marcus Taylor and Maurice Ward, intercepted a drug deal at the Belvedere Towers in Baltimore and seized about 20 to 25 pounds of marijuana as well as $20,000 to $25,000 in a second bag. But when the officers exited the elevators on the building's second floor, they were met by an FBI SWAT team. We Own This City airs Mondays at 9 p.m. It was difficult for me to understand and parse all of Jenkins' denials, now. He was arrested along with almost every member of the unit in March 2017. HBO's new true-crime drama stars Jon Bernthal as Jenkins, with the show examining Jenkins' rise in the city's police department and eventual arrest after a two-year federal investigation into the GTTF. One such warning came in 2010 from a Baltimore man caught drug dealing. "Hi, ma'am," Jenkins says when I pick up. "I'm so sorry for what you're going through. On the citys west side, officers were being pelted with bricks; some were hurt. On 1 March, 2017, Sergeant Wayne Jenkins and six of his subordinate officers from the Gun Trace Task Force walked into the Baltimore Police Department's Internal Affairs building, believing they were there to clear up a minor complaint about a damaged vehicle. All of the other officers would have to be inaccurate in their testimony if it is to be believed that Detective Jenkins was manufacturing information for the affidavit, she said. When the man stopped his car and started to run away, Jenkins drove after him and into someones front yard, where he struck him. Wayne Earl Jenkins tearfully told the court: "I've tarnished the badge", (L-R) Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Jemell Rayam, (L-R) Maurice Ward, Marcus Taylor, Momodu Gondo, Prosecutors showed evidence of Jenkins' building up the tools needed to do full-fledged robberies, Elbert Davis' daughters speak after Jenkins' sentencing, Former GTTF member Momodu Gondo testified during the trial, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. View all articles on the Gun Trace Task Force on The Baltimore Sun. I deserve to go to jail.". Hill could not be reached by The Sun for comment. He is working on a book about the Gun Trace Task Force, to be published by Random House. According to Jenkins convicted partner in the drug dealing, the police sergeant had been stealing drugs off the street for years and profiting from their illegal sale. He walked into the court wearing a maroon prison uniform. Although the indicted officers committed many robberies individually before joining the Gun Trace Task Force, prosecutors charge that they grew bolder and more prolific after Jenkins took over the unit in June 2016. My hope - maybe a naive one - was that hearing one of these men speak candidly about how he crossed over to the dark side would help the public better understand the casual, day-to-day corruption that can happen in policing. Wayne Jenkins, 37, pleaded guilty in January to robbery . At trial, Jenkins and his boss denied any knowledge of who attacked OConnor. He was getting suspects off the street, but his cases often werent holding up in court. The jury was shown axes, machetes and pry bars, as well as black masks that were found in Jenkins' van after his arrest. Why cant I be like this guy?. When I tell this to Stepp, he's angry. Both men have requested new trials. Here's what the public was led to believe about the Gun Trace Task Force, before the FBI arrested almost every member of the squad: That in a city still reeling from the civil unrest that followed the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody, the GTTF was a bright spot in a department under a dark cloud. The courtroom was also packed with Jenkins' family and friends. I never heard back from the Baltimore Police Department. But most people who worked with him police and prosecutors asserted to The Sun they had no idea he and his officers were involved in criminal behavior. What if one of the men who was robbed turned out to be a federal informant? Can this US city go 72 hours without a murder? Of all seven men, the last person I thought would ever agree to an interview was Jenkins, the fallen "golden boy" of the Baltimore Police Department. At the trial four years later, Jenkins and his fellow officers claimed that the witness had been throwing bottles at them, but security camera footage shown at the trial proved what Jenkins claimed was not true. De Sousa handled the discipline, and they had worked a deal, Hill said, according to a transcript of the interview. But I think he also spoke to me because he doesn't like the image of himself that's been in the media - as a sociopath, as someone almost inhumanly evil. Baltimore leaders have agreed to pay a $6 million settlement to the family of a driver who was killed during a 2010 police chase involving Gun Trace Task Force officers. Not long after Stepp flipped on his former friend, Jenkins pled guilty. Jenkins' lawyer mentioned that he has been assaulted at least once by another inmate who was targeting him for being a former police officer. Would they report the incident? It turned out that federal agents had the unit under surveillance for months. He admitted to knowing . They wanted to tell me that Jenkins was a dedicated father, a good football coach. Reflecting on the revelations of his misconduct, Lt. Marjorie German concluded that department leaders gave Jenkins too much leeway because they were enamored of his results. When I saw the video, Webb later told The Sun, it didnt corroborate what was in the statement of probable cause at all.. Wayne Jenkins, Gun Trace Task Force officer, The woods of Powder Mill Park, where Det. It was nicknamed The Barn an apparent homage to the offices of a corrupt police unit on the television series The Shield. The show, modeled after a 1990s Los Angeles Police Department scandal, featured a strike team that roughed up suspects, lied about their investigations and took a cut of their drug busts. In Baltimore, theyre often referred to as knockers, a reference to their historically aggressive tactics. His wife is also depicted earlier in the series when Wayne, in his early days, attends a barbecue with his colleagues from the Baltimore Police Department and is annoyed by how they have more money than him. Jenkins joined Baltimore's police department in 2003, first becoming a beat cop and patrolling the streets of Baltimore. Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton spent a year delving into the operations of Wayne Jenkins and his officers, both as members of the Gun Trace Task Force and before. Seething frustration was spilling into the streets that afternoon in 2015. Jenkins signed a plea agreement in 2017 that detailed seven robberies that he participated in along with other members of the unit, as well as his drug dealing partnership with Donald Stepp, the former bail bondsman and cocaine dealer who testified at trial. "Pills of heroin, bags of marijuana," he says. I've been reporting on Jenkins, and the elite Gun Trace Task Force squad he once led, for nearly four years. I ask this friend why he didn't say anything to anyone. One of the most shocking incidents from the plea agreement is an event that Jenkins now unequivocally denies. The two said Jenkins had found drugs in the ceiling of a mans vehicle. No one took anything, but Jenkins later mused about the possibilities. Wayne Jenkins was on a mission to find big dealers and steal their drugs and cash. But in less than a year, Sergeant Jenkins was put in charge of the new plainclothes squad in West Baltimore. A reporter also reviewed videos of judicial proceedings stemming from the officers arrests. Just how long ago Jenkins began stealing isnt clear. The BBC is not naming these three former supervisors, since none of them has been charged with a crime in connection with this case. Then they spilled out of the house and onto the sidewalk, struggling. Sergeants are the eyes and ears of the command, the front-line supervisors trusted to keep close tabs on their officers. After an FBI investigation into the unit discovered the GTTF's crimes, federal officers arrested Jenkins alongside several others in the unit. Then the feds found him. Right away I learn that Jenkins is an incredibly fast talker. Wayne Jenkins, who led . It was his first public appearance since he was arrested along with six other officers last year. Back before our interview, Jenkins' representative wanted me to speak to some of his old high school friends. "So you did take money, ultimately?" I ask. Victims like Bumgardner and Whiting had the courage to speak out. Ward and the other cop followed Jenkins into the woods. Yes. "Absolutely. Jenkins joined Baltimore's police department in 2003, first becoming a beat cop and patrolling the streets of Baltimore. It was surreal hearing his voice, talking to me. Then 34, he was already an admired leader of aggressive street squads and would go on to head the elite Gun Trace Task Force, one of the Baltimore Police Departments go-to assets in the fight against violent crime. The daughters of 86-year-old Elbert Davis also told the court about the 2010 car crash Jenkins caused while he was pursuing a man named Umar Burley. "It's a surreal story. The same video led to a rare police department disciplinary case against Jenkins, who was internally charged with misconduct in 2015, according to a copy of the case file reviewed by The Sun. "I have no respect for him.". He reviewed hours of body camera footage from their arrests, watched tapes of their courtroom appearances, reviewed several thousand pages of documents, including internal police department files, and interviewed dozens of people including two of the convicted officers, some of the gun unit's victims, other current and former Baltimore police officers and commanders, defense attorneys and prosecutors. He says Stepp pressured him into it. Nobody said yes or no, instead expressing ambivalence. His earliest admitted theft was in 2011. "I never took a thing. It was there that the full extent of the officers' misconduct became public. A squad of veteran police officers stood accused of committing numerous robberies, as well as extortion and overtime fraud. All seven members were soon in handcuffs. "It was a front for a criminal enterprise," Stepp said of the Gun Trace Task Force. Jenkins was a member of the Baltimore police department's Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), a plain-clothed unit tasked with finding guns and drugs in bulk in a bid to tackle the city's high murder. According to the Internal Affairs file, the only times Jenkins had been disciplined by the department was for twice failing to appear in court. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Then, in November 2017, he was given further charges of destruction, alteration or falsification of records in federal investigations, and deprivation of rights under color of law. We Own This City, an HBO Max miniseries out April 25, about a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) task force unit that went rogue, highlights some of the . At OConnors trial, Fries remarked that the others were worthless and didnt meet the standards of the organized crime unit. Stepp says Jenkins started bringing over shipments of drugs on an almost daily basis, putting them in a locked shed behind Stepp's house. He kept $10,000 for himself, saying he planned to install a front-end crash bar so his department-issued vehicle wouldnt get damaged in his frequent collisions. You guys willing to go kick in the dudes door and take the money? Jenkins said. Far from it. Later, Jenkins came out carrying two kilos of cocaine he tossed in Stepp's vehicle. It is simply not true., U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake denied Oakleys motion to suppress the evidence. Read about our approach to external linking. This call is from", A human voice breaks in: "Wayne Jenkins.". As adults, they ran into each other again at an underground card game frequented by Baltimore Police officers. Baltimore can be a complicated and dangerous place, and the men and women the officers targeted and abused may have caused harm and abuse themselves. At one point, dozens of pharmacies were looted and millions of dollars worth of medication went missing. They direct their work, approve overtime pay and provide reports to higher-ranking supervisors. In Jenkins' plea, it says that "in April 2015 following the riots after the death of Freddie Gray, Jenkins brought DS prescription medicines that he had stolen from someone looting a pharmacy so that DS could sell the medications". Claiming to be a DEA agent, Jenkins then confiscated the drugs and money but did not arrest the dealers. The matter was referred to the police integrity unit of the Baltimore states attorneys office for investigation. While Jenkins most serious crimes the drug dealing, the robberies appear to have been well hidden, it is not surprising they flourished within Baltimores permissive plainclothes culture. As backup arrived, Jenkins spotted a man named George Sneed across the street. At that time, I didnt think they were officers, Simon said. Jenkins was a rising star in the department, because of his ability to regularly bring in huge seizures of drugs and guns. The tape disputed Jenkins sworn account. The show briefly depicts Wayne Jenkins' wife in episode 5, and we are told that Wayne takes time off for the impending birth of his child. Or harm you or even kill you.". But there was just enough room for doubt Sneed had been off camera briefly that Jenkins could argue the video didnt show the full story. What if a complaint was made? But the police departments Internal Affairs office still had an open file on the case. By Justin Fenton June 12, 2019 More in the series Part 1 The rise of Wayne. While researching the We Own This City true story, we confirmed that the real Wayne Jenkins had spent three years in the Marines before joining the Baltimore Police Department in 2003. Maurice Ward says he, Sgt. The second declined to comment. When Jenkins was allowed to speak, he turned first to face the Davis family and apologised repeatedly. I never heard back, and he didn't seem to be responding to anyone else, either. When the phone rings, I put the call on speaker and hear a robotic, pre-recorded female voice: "You have a prepaid call. It showed Sneed calmly standing across the street looking on, never even raising his arms. Sure enough, no report was ever made. Jenkins would stop bringing those big drug seizures to the evidence room, and instead give them to Stepp to sell. One officer recalled Jenkins taunting colleagues waiting in line to submit evidence at police headquarters, bragging about how many guns he was getting off the street. Jenkins pleaded guilty in court on January 5, 2018, for numerous counts of four of these charges. They testified he told them to carry BB guns to plant if they ever injured or killed an unarmed person, that he often took large quantities of drugs off of suspects without submitting them to the police evidence room. Yet another of Jenkins' friends said something I wasn't expecting. The longest sentence was handed down to Jenkins: 25 years. Ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins apologized in the courtroom for the crimes he committed at the same time as he was head of an elite squad referred to as the Gun Trace Task . In part due to his cooperation in the case, he received a much shorter sentence than the officers of the GTTF. "It was obvious to me, when I'm taking millions of dollars worth of drugs from the Baltimore Police Department and selling them, that this is not a normal police department.". And Jenkins, whod been identified as a rising talent early in his career, was celebrated among department brass and rank and file officers as a leader with an uncanny knack for delivering the goods. His account and Jenkins claim that hed found the gun is evocative of testimony by two of Jenkins officers in the 2018 Gun Trace Task Force trial. Not likely, Ward thought. On June 13, 2016, Jenkins became the Officer in Charge of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF,) a specialized unit within the Operational Investigation Division of the BPD. When one of the men darted into his home, Jenkins rushed in after him. Just in recent weeks, two officers have been criminally charged with misconduct. He says something that I've never heard anyone admit out loud. Critics argue Barksdale was among police leaders who fostered a warrior culture, to the citys detriment. Stepp turned everything over to the US prosecutors. A loyal friend. After outlining this, Ward said, Jenkins reconsidered. He goes on and on gushing about Sergeant Jenkins, Assistant States Attorney Jenifer Layman said. Jenkins was developing a reputation within the department as a cop whose aggressive style brought results. Five of the former officers, including Jenkins, pleaded guilty. Not all the allegations against Jenkins came from lawsuits. Plainclothes officers must constantly be checked by leadership, Barksdale said, with commanders inquiring about irregularities in their work and excessive overtime pay. De Sousa, who is now serving a federal sentence for tax evasion, said through his attorney that he does not remember the Jenkins case. He's due to be released in 2038. Several of the former officers also took the stand - now wearing prison jumpsuits instead of uniforms - and detailed the tactics encouraged by their leader, Jenkins. Then he said something that struck Ward as bizarre: He said he was going to take the marijuana to his home, and burn it all. The fallout of the squad's crimes is still rippling through the city and undoubtedly made Baltimore a less safe place for everyone who lives there. Some drug dealers told their lawyers that Jenkins made stuff up to arrest them and had kept a good chunk of their money and drugs before taking them in. His promotion required him to return to uniformed patrol for a time, and he was assigned to the Northeastern District. "It's nothing I've ever imagined. He said he started dealing drugs at age 9, selling. Then-Police Commissioner Anthony Batts had created a Force Investigation Team to inspire public trust that police leaders were keeping an eye on officers use of force. 3.4M views, 20K likes, 1.4K loves, 6.8K comments, 52K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Baltimore Sun: A criminal with a badge: A Baltimore Sun investigation into the story of Baltimore Police. In Baltimores recent history, the police department has consistently relied on such units, even though the conduct of many of their officers would draw criticism from city residents. "I see some police officers harassing people, doing the same little tactics that the Gun Trace Task Force was doing.". He was also the ringleader of a criminal enterprise of police officers who were robbing people and dealing drugs. 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