From the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Baltimore Police officer Jaime Luis Lugo, age 36, of Aberdeen, Maryland today to two years in prison followed by two years of supervised release for conspiring to commit and committing extortion under […]
Baltimore Police Officer Ocasio, Edgewood Resident, Sentenced to 18 Months in Prision for Role in Towing Extortion Scheme
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore: TWELFTH BALTIMORE POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED IN TOWING EXTORTION SCHEME U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Baltimore Police officer Samuel Ocasio, age 37, of Edgewood, Maryland today to 18 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit and committing extortion undercolor of […]
Baltimore Police Officer, Edgewood Resident, Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison in Towing Company Extortion Scheme
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Baltimore: U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Baltimore Police officer Osvaldo Valentine, age 40, of Edgewood, Maryland, today to 30 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit, and committing, extortionunder color of official right in connection with a scheme in which […]
Aberdeen Man Pleads Guilty in Baltimore City Police Towing Extortion Scheme
From the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore Police officer Jaime Luis Lugo, age 36, of Aberdeen, Maryland pleaded guilty today to conspiring to commit and committing extortion under color of official right in connection with a scheme in which brothers Hernan Alexis Moreno and Edwin Javier Mejia paid Lugo […]
Edgewood Man Convicted in Baltimore City Police Department Towing Extortion Scam
From the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – A federal jury convicted Baltimore Police officer Samuel Ocasio, age 36, of Edgewood, Maryland today of conspiring to commit and committing extortion under color of official right in connection with a scheme in which brothers Hernan Alexis Moreno and Edwin […]
Edgewood Man Pleads Guilty in Baltimore City Police Towing Company Extortion Scheme
From the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland: Baltimore, Maryland – Baltimore Police officers Jerry Diggs, Jr., age 25, of Baltimore, and Osvaldo Valentine, age 39, Edgewood, Maryland, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit and committing extortion under color of official right in connection with a scheme in which […]
Edgewood, Aberdeen Residents Among 17 Baltimore City Officers Arrested in Extortion Scheme
Four Edgewood residents and one Aberdeen resident were among 17 Baltimore City police officers charged Wednesday in an extortion conspiracy. According to U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein, the officers were paid by an unauthorized towing company to arrange for their company to provide various services. Each instance netted an officer approximately $300, with total payouts […]
Bel Air Man Charged with Extortion in Wal-Mart Abduction Case
A Bel Air man is charged with two counts of assault and one count of false imprisonment in a bizarre extortion scheme which, at one point, led police to investigate an alleged kidnapping at the Wal-Mart store in Aberdeen over Christmas weekend. Cecil Mooney, 32, of Bel Air is charged with first degree assault, second […]
