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Post by WaTcHeR on Oct 12, 2006 11:55:11 GMT -5
10.12.2006 - BALTIMORE - A Baltimore police officer posted bail Wednesday after being charged with malicious burning and fraud for allegedly setting her own car on fire, according to court documents. “The charges stemmed from an internal affairs investigation,” according to police spokesman Matt Jablow. Officer Terre Nicole Shields, a seven-year member of the force, “has been suspended,” he said. The charging documents state that investigators became suspicious when Shields’ car, which she reported stolen from the front of her Baltimore County apartment on June 18, was engulfed in flames hours later in the 2600 block of Flora Street in Baltimore. The documents state the 2002 Acura MDX SUV was found “approximately four blocks from a convenience store” operated by Shields, 28, and her boyfriend. Investigators also stated the vehicle had an anti-theft device. “Without a key assigned and coded for a particular vehicle, the vehicle cannot be stolen by conventional methods,” the documents state. Fire investigators determined the fire “originated in the passenger compartment,” and recovered the remains of a “red melted gasoline can.” Witnesses had seen the vehicle with “heavy damage” near the store prior to the burning, the documents state. Jablow said Shields is suspended with pay pending a suspension hearing. On Tuesday, Shields appeared in District Court, where bail was set at $50,000. Arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 30. www.examiner.com/a-327678~Baltimore_police_officer_charged_with_setting_car_ablaze.html
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Post by WaTcHeR on Nov 14, 2006 13:45:05 GMT -5
11.14.2006 - City prosecutors have dropped arson and fraud charges against a Baltimore police officer and her boyfriend. Terre N. Shields, 28, and her boyfriend, Rashad J. Brooks, 29, had been accused of setting fire to Shields' 2002 Acura sport utility vehicle, possibly to defraud her auto insurance company. Yesterday, A. Thomas Krehely Jr., the city prosecutor who handles police misconduct cases, said the charges against Shields and Brooks were dropped Oct. 30 because "there is insufficient evidence at this time." But Shields, an officer since July 2000, remains under internal investigation with her police powers suspended and is assigned to administrative duties, police spokesman Matt Jablow said yesterday. She was a member of a specialized unit that worked in the Southeastern District until this summer, when it was disbanded amid allegations of drawing up inaccurate charging documents. And charging documents in the Shields-Brooks arson case showed another potential problem: Her boyfriend is a convicted drug dealer. Shields had been living in an apartment with Brooks and, since this spring, operating a convenience store with him - an apparent violation of department general orders about officers refraining from personal contact with people "of questionable character." Court records show that Brooks has twice been convicted of drug distribution in Baltimore County. www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.briefs14nov14,0,5285457.story?coll=bal-local-headlines
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