To: jlallen who wrote (858198 ) 5/18/2015 3:53:23 PM From: TideGlider Respond to of 1574275 Baltimore City News Maryland Baltimore City Baltimore corrections officers charged with looting convenience store during unrest Correctional officers charged with looting Two Baltimore correctional officers, Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard, were charged with looting a 7-Eleven store on April 25. (Baltimore Sun) Two Baltimore correctional officers, Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard, were charged with looting a 7-Eleven store on April 25. (Baltimore Sun) By Colin Campbell The Baltimore Sun contact the reporter Theft Freddie Gray 7-Eleven [iframe name="google_ads_iframe_/4011/trb.baltimoresun/news/local/baltimorecity_1" width="300" height="250" id="google_ads_iframe_/4011/trb.baltimoresun/news/local/baltimorecity_1" src="javascript:"<html]"" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: bottom; border-image: none;">[/iframe] [iframe name="google_ads_iframe_/4011/trb.baltimoresun/news/local/baltimorecity_1__hidden__" width="0" height="0" id="google_ads_iframe_/4011/trb.baltimoresun/news/local/baltimorecity_1__hidden__" src="javascript:"<html]"" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border: 0px currentColor; vertical-align: bottom; display: none; visibility: hidden; border-image: none;">[/iframe] Two Baltimore corrections officer were charged with looting a downtown 7-Eleven during the unrest last month. Two Baltimore corrections officers are suspended without pay after being charged with looting during unrest. Two Baltimore correctional officers were charged Wednesday with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last month over the death of Freddie Gray, officials said. Tamika Cobb and Kendra Richard were caught on video taking merchandise from the 7-Eleven on the corner of W. Baltimore and Howard streets on April 25, the state Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services said. Kendra Richard Handout photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department Kendra Richard was charged with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last month over the death of Freddie Gray, officials said. Kendra Richard was charged with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last month over the death of Freddie Gray, officials said. (Handout photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department) It was one of several stores that were damaged and looted in the city when protests turned violent over the death of Gray, 25, a week after he suffered a severe spinal injury in police custody. The officers, who were both assigned to facilities downtown, were charged with theft and burglary and placed on unpaid leave, the department said. l Related Politics Rawlings-Blake defends handling of Baltimore rioting See all related 8 Public Safety and Correctional Services Secretary Stephen T. Moyer praised investigators for "immediately" following up on a tip that led to the officers' arrest. "We will not allow the vast majority of our employees who are honest and hardworking to be tainted by the actions of a few," Moyer said in a statement. Neither Cobb nor Richard had attorneys listed in court records. No one could be reached at an address listed for Cobb. A woman who answered the phone at an address listed for Richard said no one with that name lived there. Tamika Cobb Handout photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department Tamika Cobb was charged with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last month over the death of Freddie Gray, officials said. Tamika Cobb was charged with looting a downtown convenience store during unrest last month over the death of Freddie Gray, officials said. (Handout photo courtesy Baltimore Police Department) Both officers were processed at Central Booking, with bail set at $35,000.