BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Convicted former Baltimore Police Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, who led the city’s Gun Trace Task Force, is seeking to cut short his 25-year federal prison sentence, claiming he secretly cooperated for years with federal investigators probing police corruption and was promised favorable treatment that never materialized.
Jenkins, 45, filed a series of motions in federal court this month asking a judge to reduce his sentence and compel what he called “specific performance” tied to his alleged cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice. The filings, along with supplemental affidavits, remain sealed. When reached by The Baltimore Sun, officials with the U.S. Department of Justice declined comment.
In a separate public motion seeking to keep the records sealed, Jenkins alleged federal authorities began using him as an informant shortly after he pleaded guilty in 2018 to racketeering, robbery, falsifying records and civil rights violations tied to the Gun Trace Task Force scandal that rocked Baltimore.
“The implicit agreement was that Jenkins would garner some type of benefit from the U.S. for all the risk and work that he was undertaking for the benefit of the AUSA involved and the Department of Justice in particular,” Jenkins wrote. “No benefit ever came.”
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