Smith, a Baltimore City Public Schools police detective and eight-time state champion football coach, is accused of tax violations and using police overtime pay to fraudulently obtain more than $215,000 taxpayer dollars. According to federal court records, his jury trial has been scheduled for May 12, 2025. If convicted, he faces decades in prison.
As FOX45 investigated Smith⁘s overtime earnings, more potential issues were uncovered concerning how your tax dollars were being spent. But once Smith was indicted, city school officials stopped answering questions or releasing records ⁘ saying they didn⁘t⁘ want to compromise the federal investigation. As a result, there are still significant questions that remain unanswered. Among them:
When a City Schools officer submits an overtime form, it⁘s approved and signed by multiple supervisors. FOX45 News obtained 857 of Smith⁘s overtime forms.
Lt. Danaena White signed 659 of Smith⁘s overtime forms. Lt. Alphonso Small signed 462. Many of those signatures were for overtime Smith claimed to work at COVID sites in the city during the pandemic.
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