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

Baltimore officer Dequwan Houchins, 30, indicted for allegedly making false traffic stop reports for months 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. Continue reading...

Edward Helmore · Tue, Aug 11, 2026, 5:55 AM
US news | The Guardian

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

Baltimore officer Dequwan Houchins, 30, indicted for allegedly making false traffic stop reports for months

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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