Corrupt Former Baltimore Police Detective Sentenced

BALTIMORE, MD — One of the former members of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force was sentenced Tuesday to a decade in federal prison. While he will spend time behind bars, he was reportedly given some leniency due to cooperating with the feds.

Former Baltimore Police Detective Momodu Bondeva Kenton Gondo, 36, of Owings Mills, had pleaded guilty to federal racketeering and heroin conspiracy charges in October 2017.

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for one count of racketeering conspiracy and one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute at least 100 grams of heroin, the U.S. Attorney reported. U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake issued the sentence in federal court in Baltimore.

Gondo's dealings with a northeast Baltimore drug crew led investigators to probe the gun trace task force. The investigation into the special unit began in 2015, and following a slew of indictments that came out of the probe in 2017, the task force was promptly disbanded.

In court, Gondo testified against his former partners in crime, and the U.S. Attorney offered leniency at sentencing, requesting 10 years in prison in exchange for his cooperation, The Baltimore Sun reported.

Gondo faced up to 40 years for the heroin conspiracy alone, including a mandatory minimum five-year sentence.

His involvement in the Shropshire drug trafficking organization in north Baltimore was what led to the heroin charges. How he used his power in the gun trace task force was behind the racketeering case.

Gondo admitted to restraining people and robbing them; tipping off his associates who sold heroin at Alameda Shopping Center to help them avoid arrest; placing a tracking device on a drug dealer, so he and another officer could rob the man when he was out of his apartment; and selling a gun and pound of marijuana to a known drug dealer, according to federal filings.

He was one of multiple officers in the Baltimore Police Department convicted in the case.

This is breaking news and will be updated.

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Photo of Detective Momodu Gondo courtesy of Baltimore Police Department.