Jon Bernthal embedded with Baltimore police to play city's dirtiest cop in HBO's "We Own This City" On "Salon Talks" Bernthal reveals he spoke to the real Sgt. "I could have spoken up.". And while searching the area, Jenkins claimed, he found a BB gun under a nearby car. 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. It wasn't the first time I've heard that word to describe Jenkins. "I swear, I wish I would have known before I ever put anyone in here I wish I would have known the other side," he says at one point. The bondsman would take care of selling them, then split the profits with the police sergeant. He is serving the harshest sentence : 25 years . I've been reporting on Jenkins, and the elite Gun Trace Task Force squad he once led, for nearly four years. Burley's vehicle struck another, killing Mr Davis. The idea that the Gun Trace Task Force went rogue simply because their sergeant was uniquely evil ignores all the systemic ways in which he was encouraged to operate the way he did, and the larger policing culture that supported him (it should also be noted that several of the squad's members started stealing money long before they joined the GTTF). Ex-police sergeant Wayne Earl Jenkins apologised in court for the crimes he committed while heading an elite squad called the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). In February 2017, Jenkins was charged with two counts of racketeering conspiracy; racketeering, aiding and abetting; racketeering; two counts of robbery and aiding and abetting; and two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. "an inmate in a federal prison," the robot finishes. Jenkins later alleged in official paperwork that Simon had pointed a weapon at Frieman and that he ran Simon down to stop the threat. "What chance do we have when you have people like Jenkins and his co-defendants fabricating evidence?". He's due to be released in 2038. 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 Department's go-to assets in the fight against violent crime. Hours later, in a quiet waterfront neighborhood 15 miles east of downtown, a drug-dealing bail bondsman was roused from his sleep. It was in 2007 that Jenkins became a part of the GTTF, a new unit of plain-clothed officers focused on targeting suspected criminals believed to have big supplies of guns and drugs, in a bid to reduce the city's high murder rate. 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. A surveillance video suggesting Jenkins may have planted drugs in a suspects car did make its way to the police integrity unit of the Baltimore States Attorneys Office in 2014. Or harm you or even kill you.". Last month, Mr De Sousa was indicted for failure to pay his taxes by the same prosecutors who brought the GTTF case. The longest sentence was handed down to Jenkins: 25 years. "I'm grateful, very grateful.". He is working on a book about the Gun Trace Task Force, to be published by Random House. 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. Wayne Jenkins a former Marine? Wayne Jenkins was living a double life. 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. But Davis, Baltimores police commissioner from 2015 to 2018 and a veteran of two other departments, calls plainclothes units necessary and critical to the crime fight. They go looking for guns and drugs, he said, and often are successful. He calls Stepp "the biggest exaggerator I've ever met in my life". The spouse of the third left a message telling me I could take what Jenkins told me and "stuff it". In September 2021, Jenkins spoke with BBC journalist Jessica Lussenhop from behind bars, and he claimed he never took money from Baltimore citizens. Jenkins joined Baltimore's police department in 2003, first becoming a beat cop and patrolling the streets of Baltimore. Others were raised by defense attorneys and their clients, who said an overzealous Jenkins skirted legal standards in making arrests. Just in recent weeks, two officers have been criminally charged with misconduct. "Nobody still knows the truth about what's going on in the city," Taylor told the judge. Sneed's attorney Michael Pulver concluded, per Fenton, that the officers had "fabricated this story to hide the fact that they intentionally assaulted and falsely arrested and imprisoned Mr. Jenkins is currently in prison. BALTIMORE (AP) Baltimore leaders agreed Wednesday to pay a $6 million settlement to the family of a driver who was killed during a 2010 police chase . Wayne Jenkins will be played by Jon Bernthal, the same actor who portrayed "The Punisher". Wayne Jenkins eyes darted from screen to screen, taking in the surveillance images. The leaked case file doesnt say why. In the years since his arrest, he'd never given a public interview. The dealers would be sitting in a jail cell. He also says that he only made roughly $75,000 off of the narcotic sales, as opposed to the figure put on it by Stepp. "I'm so sorry for what you're going through. Outside on the sidewalk, he saw a bunch of cops and yelled an expletive at one he knew who happened to be Jenkins supervisor. They can let a suspect go, if they can lead to bigger fish. All this happened over nothing, one of the brothers, Charles Lee, recalled recently. When one of the men darted into his home, Jenkins rushed in after him. One former supervisor never responded. Weeks later, I search these locations myself to see if I can find anything. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, L-R: Former Baltimore police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, and Jon Bernthal as Jenkins in HBO true-crime drama "We Own This City. But during the subsequent investigation, Frieman told detectives that he never saw a gun in Simons hand and that rather than being in imminent danger he was around a corner and out of sight when Jenkins ran down Simon. Jenkins, who had been suspended during the investigation, went back to work, making no fewer than three dozen arrests over the rest of the year, most of them gun cases. "And I remember taking the $10,000.". I just knew it was a lie, Ward recalls. He says he couldn't risk it as a father with a young family. But overall, plaintiffs prevailed in at least three lawsuits accusing Jenkins of beatings or other misconduct from 2006 to 2009, resulting in $90,000 in taxpayer payouts. Would they report the incident? This is his senior portrait from 1998. Finally, in March 2015, Internal Affairs chief Rodney Hill informed Jenkins that he was being charged internally with misconduct, neglect of duty and failure to supervise the officer in his charge, according to a leaked copy of the case file obtained by The Sun. 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. 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. In September 2021, Jenkins spoke with BBC journalist. I'm standing in my pandemic "radio studio" - aka the closet in my apartment - surrounded by hangers holding button-up shirts and dresses. "I never took a thing. "I felt comfortable with it because all the police officers that I met, which were many during the card games, in my opinion, they owned the city," Stepp would later tell the jury at the GTTF trial. 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. Back before our interview, Jenkins' representative wanted me to speak to some of his old high school friends. They said that while they had their backs turned, someone had clocked OConnor and taken off. Victims like Bumgardner and Whiting had the courage to speak out. After the indictments, one of Jenkins supervisors told Internal Affairs investigators she had believed he was the best gun cop this department has ever seen.. Prosecutors went as far as having witnesses appear before a grand jury, according to records obtained by The Sun. Please sign up today and help make a difference. Some tried to complain, but were ignored. Blake who in 2017 would wind up presiding over the Gun Trace Task Force corruption case noted that the other officers present backed Jenkins account. In March, HBO announced a new miniseries by David Simon, the creator of the classic Baltimore true crime series, 'The Wire'. In a 26 page letter hand written from his cell at the Federal Corrections institution in South Carolina, former Baltimore Police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins tells a judge that he saved a . In a recent interview, Simon told The Sun, I never had no BB gun. . 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. It was Jenkins, fresh off his heroics in West Baltimore. The tape disputed Jenkins sworn account. Stepp was on home confinement for six months with an ankle monitor until this summer. Hed grown up in the working class suburb, where his father worked two jobs, including at Bethlehem Steel. Seething frustration was spilling into the streets that afternoon in 2015. "Wayne is truly sorry for his actions. He's doing, as he likes to say, "rather swell". He says something that I've never heard anyone admit out loud. Jenkins idolized his sergeant, Michael Fries, the target of the expletive. 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 second declined to comment. 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. The BBC is not naming these three former supervisors, since none of them has been charged with a crime in connection with this case. He ran me over because I was getting away.. Jenkins said: "I never had [theft complaints] because I never took money off individuals. He also apologised to Burley, who was not in the court, to his wife and to his father, and begged the judge for the opportunity to get out in time to be a grandfather. 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. 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. His supervisors and others either failed to see the red flags or chose to ignore them. The Parkville American Legion Post named him its Officer of the Year. BALTIMORE One of the main players in the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force corruption scandal is asking for compassionate release from prison. Across the country, these plainclothes squads have often been where scandals are born. 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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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Baltimore Police Sgt. The jury was shown axes, machetes and pry bars, as well as black masks that were found in Jenkins' van after his arrest. I have no idea what he wants to say, or why after four years, he's breaking his silence. "How police act towards people ain't changed," he told me recently. Credit: Baltimore Police Department, Its a Viking mentality: You go out into the field among the bad guys, and you bring back a bounty. Jenkins joined the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) on February 20, 2003 and was promoted to Sergeant on November 20, 2013. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. 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. Judge Blake ultimately decided to sentence him to 25 years, saying she was taking into consideration the fact that he pleaded guilty and co-operated to some extent with the prosecutors. It's a depressing fact that this is a viewpoint likely shared by many in Baltimore, and is a part of the reason why the GTTF got away with what they did for so long. Many plainclothes units would work out of a satellite office inside a trailer in Northwest Baltimore. He acknowledged that he could tell something was off with Jenkins around the time of the GTTF crime spree. "It shows what a committed, sophisticated, devious person can do," Mr Wise said. "There was cameras everywhere, so I would never have took a dollar," he tells me. He resigned and the top spot at the Baltimore Police Department remains vacant. The two said Jenkins had found drugs in the ceiling of a mans vehicle. At that time, it was within De Sousas purview as the deputy commissioner in charge of administrative matters to intervene to resolve a discipline case, according to another former deputy commissioner, Jason Johnson. Jenkins was hired by the Baltimore Police Department in 2003, according to state records obtained by The Baltimore Sun. Wayne Jenkins, Gun Trace Task Force officer, The woods of Powder Mill Park, where Det. The unit began looking into a case involving Jenkins, in which he had run down a young man with his unmarked Dodge Avenger early in 2014. 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. Claiming to be a DEA agent, Jenkins then confiscated the drugs and money but did not arrest the dealers. For the most part, these defendants decided it wasnt in their interest to tell government authorities that. It showed Sneed calmly standing across the street looking on, never even raising his arms. Relatives say he liked to visit his high school sweetheart, Kristy, who would become his wife. 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". Just how long ago Jenkins began stealing isnt clear. Credit: U.S. Attorney's Office. 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. "I thought it was a winner.". Someone once told me that it will take a generation for the direct impact of the Gun Trace Task Force to start to fade, and it will be impossible to measure how the victims' trauma will play out in the lives of their children, families and friends. This call is from", A human voice breaks in: "Wayne Jenkins.". Just as she was completing her podcast series on the story, she got a very unexpected call from prison. His police department personnel file shows no punishment related to the case. In January, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fired her police commissioner and replaced him with former Deputy Commissioner Darryl De Sousa, who promised sweeping reforms to the department. Police who went rogue - Wayne Jenkins and Momodu Gondo, Jenkins, centre, before he took command of the Gun Trace Task Force, Clockwise from top left: Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Jemell Rayam, Maurice Ward, Marcus Taylor, Momodu Gondo, Equipment that two of the GTTF officers testified was going to be used for home invasions, Donald Stepp inside Baltimore Police headquarters, in a photo taken by Wayne Jenkins, Shawn Whiting, centre, at a press conference held by victims of the GTTF. They tracked other dealers and broke into their houses when no one was home. On Friday, both detectives Evodio Hendrix and Maurice Ward were sentenced to seven years in prison. Sergeants are the eyes and ears of the command, the front-line supervisors trusted to keep close tabs on their officers. One member of the task force during Jenkins leadership, Detective John Clewell, was not charged with any crimes. In federal court, Mickey Oakley argued that the officers who arrested him including Jenkins and future Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel Hersl had lied about the circumstances leading up to the arrest and had illegally searched his home. Using wiretaps and hidden recording devices, they had accumulated a wealth of evidence showing the officers were robbing citizens, filing for hundreds of hours of overtime they never worked, stealing drugs and even selling illegal firearms back on the streets. Jenkins tells me he traded some sausages with other inmates in the line, bartering his way to the front. She said she found Hersl in particular to be very credible.. the dim light of the Baltimore Police Departments downtown nerve center, Sgt. "I ain't have a trial because the simple fact is I knew [the court] would believe them over top of me," he told the jury. Jenkins earned praise outside the department, too. Read about our approach to external linking. Today, he's a free man, living without restrictions with his spouse and young daughter in the eastern part of Baltimore County. By the time his criminal streak was in full swing, it entailed high-stakes robberies and breaking and entering even as he was bringing in paychecks totaling over $170,000 in a year, in part because of overtime fraud. Yes. Im feeling a lot of remorse for my actions I have led through my life, Oakley said at his sentencing. 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. But the scope and breadth of these allegations were staggering. They'd known one another's families as children. He was convicted on multiple counts including racketeering, robbery and falsification of records. I also point out to him that it's a fairly common practice for prosecutors to level charges that are so serious that the defendant feels they have no choice but to plead guilty. They wanted to tell me that Jenkins was a dedicated father, a good football coach. Then the feds found him. I have so many questions to ask, and I'm not sure if this will be my one and only opportunity to speak to him. According to the Internal Affairs file, the only times Jenkins had been disciplined by the department was for twice failing to appear in court. So he gave up and entered a guilty plea. I asked Wayne Jenkins several times why he wanted to do the interview with me. It is simply not true., U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake denied Oakleys motion to suppress the evidence. He counters that the units helped bring down crime, and says he made it a point to scrutinize their conduct. He has covered the Baltimore Police Department and crime in Baltimore since 2008. When I tell this to Stepp, he's angry. "I got 25 years. But already he was working in a plainclothes flex unit that rewarded dynamic officers and gave them freedom to roam. They didnt call for an ambulance or even write a report. That creates a culture its not unique to Baltimore, but its pronounced here that those guys should be given a pass, Davis said. 2023 BBC. Now, the recommended punishment was significant: a demotion, a transfer and suspension for 15 to 20 days, including a period without pay, Hill told the television network Al-Jazeera. They might not have been believed anyhow. 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. This past summer, as I was wrapping up work on "Bad Cops", a strange email appeared in my inbox. OConnor had been sloppy drunk, they testified, and his friends said they would get him home. His promotion required him to return to uniformed patrol for a time, and he was assigned to the Northeastern District. Over the years, I wrote to all of these former officers in prison several times, asking them to help me understand their breathtaking crimes. Jenkins, indignant, aggressively shot back at questions from OConnors attorney. Inside the police department, the Gun Trace Task Force was known for its success in capturing suspected drug dealers, their stashes and their illegal firearms. When I point out he already pleaded guilty to all these incidents, Jenkins tells me he only signed the agreement because he feared that if he went forward to trial, he could've wound up behind bars for life. In May 2014, three Baltimore prosecutors convened a meeting. Later on, he claims, they'd throw the drugs out the window or down a sewer grate. 2023 BBC. A plea agreement is a document that lists specific criminal acts that the defendant is agreeing to plead guilty to. Over the course of four phone calls (courtesy of some traded bags of crisps), Jenkins paints a picture of the Baltimore Police Department as a place where indoctrination into corruption starts almost immediately. Read more: Inside one of America's most corrupt police squads. The man, Demetric Simon, 31, said he did have drugs on him and knew someone was following. 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, who led the Gun Trace Task Force, was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges including racketeering, robbery and falsifying records. By Josiah Bates. "He always had large sums of money in his pocket. The indictment of Jenkins and six of his gun task force officers on federal racketeering charges rocked Baltimore when the announcement came in March 2017. "He's like, 'I'm not telling you to do anything, I'm just saying it sure would be nice if we had $10,000 apiece to go up to Atlantic City,'" Jenkins recalls. 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. Jenkins was developing a reputation within the department as a cop whose aggressive style brought results. Wayne Jenkins, who . 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. More than 50 people including current and former police officers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and victims were interviewed. April 25, 2022 5:45 PM EDT. "I'd rather be a prosecutor so I don't overkill people. Simon's new project will tell a fictionalised version of the Gun Trace Task Force saga, and began filming on the streets of Baltimore over the summer. The prosecutors characterised both men as having less culpability in the GTTF's schemes and that Ward in particular had provided valuable information that lead to additional charges against other officers. I continued working on this story for as long as I did out of some hope that the more the public learned about the corruption in the police department, the better chance there might be of some kind of true, systemic reform. The former ringleader of the Baltimore police Gun Trace Task Force and one of its detectives were sentenced Thursday to federal prison. He was serving his sentence at the Edgefield Federal Correctional Facility in South Carolina until 2020. You guys willing to go kick in the dudes door and take the money? Jenkins said. Donny made every piece of that up.". During his time on the streets of Baltimore Jenkins was involved. But that day, Jenkins drove toward the edge of town, bobbing in and out of traffic and running red lights, until he pulled over near a wooded area off Liberty Heights Avenue. Hes given us all hes going to give us, Glenn said. He and other officers had raided a car wash, recovering more than a kilogram of drugs and $4,000 from a hidden desk compartment which could be opened only using magnets within a fish tank. Gillian Whitfield recalled Jenkins as sweet and always willing to lend a hand. But when I tell him that I've interviewed Wayne Jenkins, his one-time drug partner, Stepp is displeased, to put it mildly. "It's that simple.". Prosecutors investigated and even presented evidence to a grand jury but concluded they didnt have enough evidence to obtain an indictment. A lot of what he told me was much more systematic. Jenkins says that the veteran goaded him into taking money. 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