Baltimore Board Of Estimates Approves $525K Gun Trace Task Force Settlement

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The Baltimore Board of Estimates approved a $525,000 payout related to the Gun Trace Task Force Wednesday.

Robert Johnson sued the Baltimore Police Department and 2 erstwhile members of the now-disbanded GTTF aft helium said successful 2014 those officers planted a weapon successful his car.

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Officers Momodu Gondo and Jemell Rayam pulled implicit a conveyance successful which Johnson was a rider connected August 27, 2014. During the stop, officers recovered a weapon connected him. Johnson, who had a anterior transgression record, was charged with a firearms offense. He pleaded blameworthy to 1 complaint and spent 4 years successful situation arsenic a result.

When the officers pleaded blameworthy to national charges related to the GTTF successful 2017, Johnson withdrew his blameworthy plea and the State’s Attorney’s Office dismissed the archetypal charges.

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Johnson filed the suit successful 2019.

Including Wednesday’s payout, the metropolis has paid retired $14,375,000.

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