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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Two Baltimore men connected Thursday sued the Baltimore Police Department and indicted Sgt. Ethan Newberg, alleging that Newberg unlawfully detained them during abstracted 2019 arrests.
One of the incidents led to Newberg being charged with assault, mendacious arrest, mendacious imprisonment and misconduct.
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On May 30, 2019, Newberg and different officer, Alex Young, had arrested a antheral successful the 2300 artifact of Ashton Street erstwhile a passerby, Lee Dotson, told the officers they shouldn’t marque the antheral beryllium connected the bedewed ground, the suit says.
Newberg told Dotson to “mind his business,” and erstwhile Dotson reiterated his complaint, the sergeant charged astatine Dotson and grabbed his arm, according to the suit.
After Dotson escaped, Young allegedly grabbed him by the cervix and threw him to the ground. He past pressed Dotson’s limb into his backmost and arrested him, the suit alleges.
Young is besides named arsenic a suspect successful the lawsuit.
At the clip of the incident, Newberg claimed Dotson was being aggressive, but Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said assemblage camera footage showed helium was calmly walking away.
“The serviceman we arrested contiguous oregon being arrested close present does not bespeak who we are oregon what we basal for,” Harrison said astatine the time. “This behaviour volition ne'er person a spot successful this constabulary section arsenic agelong arsenic I’m constabulary commissioner.”
Newberg was suspended without wage pursuing the incident. Salary records revealed helium was the highest-paid metropolis worker successful fiscal twelvemonth 2019, taking a location $260,775.26–more than some Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and then-Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young.
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In December 2019, Newberg was indicted connected 32 counts stemming from 9 abstracted incidents successful which helium allegedly harassed citizens spanning from July 2018 and May 2019.
“What mightiness different look to beryllium isolated incidents dating backmost to 2018 turned retired to beryllium galore examples of a accordant signifier and signifier of knowing and intentional harassment, intimidation, detention, assault, coercion and amerciable tactics that were employed against law-abiding citizens of Baltimore City with the intent to instill fearfulness arsenic is alleged successful the indictment,” Mosby said astatine the time.
Newberg, a 24-year-veteran of the constabulary department, was released from custody a fewer days aboriginal aft posting $200,000 bail.
In the suit filed Thursday, different victim, Charles Kuniken, alleged helium was unlawfully detained and searched aft asking if a antheral Newberg and different serviceman were arresting needed aesculapian attention.
According to the suit, the incidental took spot connected April 29, 2019 successful the 2000 artifact of W. Pratt Street. Newberg allegedly had his genu successful the arrestee’s backmost and the different serviceman had the antheral successful a headlock, the suit says.
Newberg allegedly ordered different officers who arrived astatine the country to apprehension and hunt Kuniken. He past allegedly took Kuniken to the Southwestern District and enactment him successful a holding cell.
Both Dotson and Kuniken are represented by Murphy, Falcon & Murphy.
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Newberg’s proceedings connected the 32-count indictment has been delayed until April 2022, according to tribunal records.
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