Two of the Baltimore police detectives charged in racketeering case have plead guilty to committing armed robbery. Detectives Evodio Calles Hendrix, 32, of Randallstown, Maryland and Maurice Kilpatrick Ward, 36, of Middle River, Maryland plead guilty Friday.
According to their plea agreements, Hendrix admitted to participating in three robberies from March to August 2016. Ward admitted to participating in four robberies from February to August 2016. The detectives said they were armed with their Baltimore Police Department service firearms during the robberies.
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Individual victims were physically restrained and the defendants wrote false incident reports and other documents in order to conceal their criminal conduct and otherwise obstruct justice.
Hendrix and Ward also admitted that they and their co-defendants routinely submitted false individual overtime report, certifying they worked their entire assigned shifts, or overtime hours, when they did no. The detectives also admitted to submitting false overtime reports on behalf of their co-defendants and their co-defendants submitted false overtime reports on their behalf.
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Hendrix has scheduled hearing on February 20, 2018 at 2 p.m. and Ward's scheduled hearing is on February 21, 2018 at 10 a.m.
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Hendrix pleaded guilty to count 1 in spring indictment charging he + 6 other @BaltimorePolice ofcs participated in robbery/extortion scheme
— Brian Kuebler (@BrianfromABC2) July 21, 2017
Sentencing guidelines dictate Hendrix will get 7-9 yrs in federal prison. But Judge Bredar can go up to 20 is he so chooses. @ABC2NEWS
— Brian Kuebler (@BrianfromABC2) July 21, 2017
As expected, @BaltimorePolice Det Maurice Ward changed his plea as well to guilty. He too faces a suggested 7-9 yrs, but max can be 20.
— Brian Kuebler (@BrianfromABC2) July 21, 2017
So now, 2 of 7 indicted @BaltimorePolice ofcs have changed their plea to guilty. 2 others may do same in the fall. @ABC2NEWS
— Brian Kuebler (@BrianfromABC2) July 21, 2017
