Baltimore Police sergeant charged with extortion, kidnapping; commissioner says 3 other officers

Baltimore Police sergeant charged with extortion, kidnapping; commissioner says 3 other officers allegedly involved


A Baltimore Police Department sergeant assigned to the homicide unit was arrested Thursday night in Baltimore County and charged with extortion and kidnapping, officials said.

Baltimore County Police said James Lloyd, 45, of Gwynn Oak is in custody and awaiting a bail review hearing. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said that he will also be suspended without pay and that an internal affairs investigation has been launched. No attorney was listed for Lloyd in online court records. If found guilty, Lloyd could face up to 40 years in prison.

Harrison said in a statement Thursday night that three other homicide detectives were allegedly involved, and their police powers were also suspended. The detectives will be assigned to administrative duties, pending an internal investigation. The commissioner did not name them, and Baltimore County police did not mention them in its news release.

County police said they were called to the 2000 block of Emmanuel Court for a dispute about a home improvement job.

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