Overview
- Prosecutors announced Monday that Baltimore police Officer Dequwan Houchins was indicted on four counts of false entry and five counts of misconduct in office.
- A December 2025 random audit flagged numerous CAD (computer-aided dispatch) entries tied to Houchins that prosecutors say were fabricated over at least four months.
- Undercover BPD investigators who watched Houchins in April and May 2026 reported seeing him sit idle or order a smoothie instead of making the recorded traffic stops.
- BPD Internal Affairs found no body-worn camera video filed for the stops he logged as required by department policy, which prosecutors say underpins the false-entry charges.
- If convicted on the false-entry counts Houchins faces up to 12 years in prison and a $4,000 fine per count, and the indictment follows several other 2026 prosecutions that have raised questions about department oversight and resource allocation.