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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Edward Helmore

‘A lazy cop’: Maryland police officer allegedly faked traffic stops to avoid service calls

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Marked police cars outside the Bishop L Robinson Sr building in Baltimore, Maryland. Photograph: Baltimore Sun/TNS/Getty Images

A Baltimore, Maryland, police officer avoided service calls by claiming he was on traffic stops when he was in fact “sitting idle in his car”, according to an indictment filed by city prosecutors.

Dequwan Houchins, 30, is accused of four counts of false entry in a public record and five counts of misconduct in office and could face 12 years in jail and a $4,000 fine for each of the false entry charges, if convicted.

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