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WYPR Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith and his guests break down recent political news in Maryland.Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6 am and 8:45 am.

IMP: Did A Baltimore City Police Officer Falsify A Warrant, Let A Suspected Drug Kingpin Slip Away?

Baltimore Police arrested Devin Leroy Jones and held him in a detention facility for two years under what appears to be a falsely reported search warrant.  Detective Ramon Lugo admitted to the inconsistencies in court, prosecutors dismissed the charges, and the defendant is now suing the city police department for wrongful arrest and imprisonment.   WYPR's Fraser Smith talks to the reporter who brokethe story, The Baltimore Sun's Mark Puente.