Cop Impersonators Kidnapped, Assaulted, Robbed Victims: Prosecutor

HARFORD COUNTY, MD — A Gwynn Oak man has pleaded guilty in connection to carjacking and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.

According to his plea agreement, in May and August 2021, Davonne Tramont Dorsey, 30, and other conspirators impersonated police officers so they could stop vehicles, carjack and abduct victims. They also intended to use force and threats of force to steal cash during the kidnappings, including firearms and a blow torch.

As detailed in the plea agreement, on May 15, 2021, Dorsey and others drove a Ford Fusion with police-style lights to Edgewood abduct and rob a specific victim with the initials J.H. Dorsey and the others were wearing police-style vests with “police” written on them, masks and gloves. Around midnight on May 15-16, 2021, J.H. left Edgewood driving a 2022 Toyota Camry. Dorsey and others used the police-style lights to stop J.H’s vehicle and then, armed with firearms, approached J.H.’s car and identified themselves as police. The conspirators told J.H. that he had an outstanding warrant and that he was under arrest.

The conspirators put J.H. in handcuffs, put duct tape over his eyes and mouth, bound his feet and put him in the back of their vehicle. J.H. was then driven away in the Ford Fusion with two of the conspirators while two other suspects followed in J.H.’s Camry. While J.H. was in the Ford Fusion, the conspirators demanded $10,000, told J.H. that they knew where he lived and that they would kill his parents if he did not cooperate. One of the conspirators used a blow torch to burn J.H.’s chest multiple times when J.H. did not answer questions, according to his plea agreement.

The conspirators took J.H.’s necklace, wallet, phone and car keys. After more than five hours of driving around and demanding money, the conspirators released J.H. in Baltimore City at approximately 5:20 a.m. Dorsey admitted that on August 2, 2021, he and two co-conspirators approached victim A.K. as she left a check cashing business where she worked. The conspirators, again wearing police vests and badges, used firearms to kidnap victim A.K. and placed her into the rear of one of their vehicles equipped with law enforcement-type lights, according to court documents.

The driver was holding a blowtorch with a blue fuel canister and A.K. testified she saw a bottle of bleach on the floor in the back of the car. After A.K. was put into the vehicle, the men bound A.K.’s wrists behind her back with zip-ties and used black duct tape to place a blindfold over her eyes. One of the men stated to A.K., “We don’t burn sisters,” the prosecution stated.

According to the plea agreement, while in the vehicle, the men took A.K.’s wallet, phone and keys, which included the keys to the check cashing business. The men demanded that A.K. give them access to the check cashing business and provide the men with access codes, safe codes and the money in the safe at the business. The men demanded this information from A.K. for nearly six hours, then released A.K. in Edmonson Village in Baltimore City at approximately 1 a.m. Before they drove away, the men instructed A.K. not to remove her face covering until they had driven away, according to court documents.

Sentencing has been scheduled for June 10 at 10 a.m.