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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Police Officer Arrested in Burglary of Bank

Police Officer Arrested in Burglary of Bank
Police, 11 Jun 2009 (Ellis).
Prince George’s County, Maryland… The Prince George’s County Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division has arrested and charged Corporal Eddie Smith, Jr. with Burglary stemming from the break-in of a bank. Smith will be presented to a District Court Commissioner where his bond will be determined. Eddie Smith is a 16-year veteran of the Prince George’s County Police Department assigned to the Bureau of Patrol. He was suspended without pay.

On June 10, 2009, at approximately 3:40 a.m., police responded to the SunTrust Bank at 4635 Old Branch Avenue, Temple Hills, MD for an alarm and a report of a man inside the bank. Officers began a search for the suspect, and during the search, the suspect was located and placed under arrest. The investigation of this incident led investigators to believe that a police officer was also involved. That investigation resulted in charges being filed against Smith.

“I am disheartened that a member of our police department was charged in this incident, and I applaud the actions of our patrol officers and detectives in solving this crime,” stated Chief of Police Roberto L. Hylton. “I absolutely will not tolerate wrongdoing by any member of this agency. Bad cops have no place in our profession; they tarnish the good work that is being done by the rest of our employees. We will be very thorough in investigating this case along with any others to which this investigation may lead,” stated Hylton. In addition to the criminal investigation, an internal investigation into Corporal Smith’s actions will be conducted by the department’s Special Investigative Response Team.
Officer Under Investigation in Burglaries; Prince George's Police Corporal Is Linked to Latest in Series of Bank Break-Ins.
Post, 11 Jun 2009 (Davis ).
[More details than the police statement.]

(Posted 11 Jun 2009)

24 comments:

  1. This just one example of what PG Police are doing. What about the crimes that we dont know about? An office KILLED an inmate while in jail and nothing is being done about it. They ROB Steal MURDER and now they are robbing banks. This has been going on for years and will continue. We have the police~ investigating the police. What will ever come of that...NOTHING. They are crooks and I will never trust them.

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  2. I knew Cpl Eddie Smith personally for a year and half. Let me say that he is a great con artist. the person that i knew and had feelings for was a lie. It is going to come out very soon that Cpl smith was crooked from day one. i know this personally because it was told to by some one on the force on the case. he is a liar , a thief, a cheater. He has no morals and he wouldn't know how to tell the truth if it bit him on the face and smacked him across the head. It is going to come out that the force did think something was up with him but they could not get the proof to take him down. It is going to come that he had multiple affairs on his wife and multiple affairs on the women he dated that he claimed he was single. Corporal Eddie Smith is nothing but a street thug with a badge. As he sits free at home til his trial in his 400,000 dollar house in his nice private neighborhood. The other gentle that didn't have a criminal history at all is sitting in jail still unable to post bond. i hope the county makes a nice example out him and makes it iknown that a corrupt cop will have no mercy. plus once the feds come in and pick his life a part he will be doing federal time. so stupid andddddddddd but like I said earlier he is a great con artist. The idiot actually has 19 years on the force and was going to retire next year and he was a marine vet. As someone that feels as though he pulled the greatest con on her and left a scar that will run deep for a while. she hopes that he is gets no mercy from the county. people like that who pray on people and the public with lies and deception have no place on the force. i hope he is sentenced for a very long time.

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  3. I also had feelings for and dated Cpl. Smith during the last year thinking that he was single. He is a very charming and handsome guy and he surely charmed me. It was only after his arrest that I found out that he was married. Wow what a con artist....

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  4. I think the only thing we can do now is hope that justice is served to the fullest on Cpl. Smith if he indeed did what he is allegedly being accused of. And for us women who have had sex with Cpl. Smith (either protected or unprotected within the last year) should immediately get tested. I had unprotected sex with Smith because he assured me I was only one in his life and I was foolish enough to belive him. Well, now we should just take care of ourselves, get tested and move on with our lives. KARMA IS A b***, so he will get wants coming to him.

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  5. He was charming....woman please; the brother had money and you got played. Deal with it!

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  6. Well lets see if he can take any of that money to the federal pen with him. How about that??

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  7. His wife is the real victim here, she is the one that has to read all of this and hear about and know what kind of man her husband and he cheated on her. She is the one that "has to deal with it" but I guess she can spend some of his money when he is convicted. Remember this is a federal offense...cops don't do so well in jail

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  8. YOU PEOPLE ALLREADY CONVICTED THIS MAN WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS CASE.ITS SAD HOW THE MEDIA BRAINS WASH PEOPLE.REMEMBER PEOPLE,WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES,LETS PRAY FOR THE BROTHER.GOD,FORGIVES,CAN YOU.

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  9. what did you think you were getting you went all on the morning talk show saying you met him off a sex site...LOL How charming you have to be on a sex site... You just got played have some couch time and get over it Boo... Yeah Karma is beioch...LMAO its prolly more women out there but they smart and chose to vent to girlfriends and not put out how stupid they are all over the world, well maybe not the world but All of PG know's. what are you looking for a mini series, book deal or maybe a episode on Oprah???? LOL

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  10. The women on this blog are heartbroken and foolish. Everyone knew Eddie Smith was a player; even his wife (who I plan to sex after he's locked-up). Prior to becoming a PG County Officer, Cpl Smith was a US Capitol Police Officer who sexed a good number of congressional staffers and female Capitol Police Officers. Don't detest him for playing you; despise him for breaking the public trust. Deep down you knew he was no good; nevertheless, you needed some loving and played the game. Learn from the experience and move on; who knows, it you're lucky, I might tap that ass one day.

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  11. Everything everyone is saying about Eddie is true. He was all that and then some as I knew the one that you all are talking now. However, I also knew him before the Marines, the Capitol Police Police and the PG Police Dept. We went to school together and were friends. He was a different person then. You know, before the muscles and the looks came into play. I truly believe he simply got caught up in all the "hoopla". Trust me, hte play this man got after the Marines is certainly not the play he received in school. He was skinny and a little goofy looking and then he turned into a beautiful creature who learned to play the game. It is unfortunate that he turned out this way. My heart goes out to his family, friends, loved ones and especially all of the people that he's hurt (you know, the other women). I pray God brings you peace and healing very soon!!!!! For the idiots that are talking about tapping that, I pray for you too because God's know someone needs to pray for y'all.

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  12. This isn't the 1st & it sure isn't the last crooked cop working 4 the PGPD. A yr or 2 ago, u had OFC.Chavez who went 2 a club got drunk while working PT, drove home in his marked cruiser & killed some kid driving on 301 in Bowie, what do you think the Co. did 4 him? They tried 2 sweep that under the rug; place him on susp. & keep it moving. But if it wasn't 4 that kids mom 2 pursue the issue Chavez would be out here still getting his drink-on & driving home faster than the average drunk. When the average drunk, causes an accident there license is rev./susp./they themselves r sent 2 "mothers against drunk drivers" session but sometimes the laws r bent almost backwards 4 OFC's. Now that we r spilling the beans on Cpl.Smith, lets do that 4 a few other OFC's. Lets start with the C.P.I.(the academy); a few instructors were under IAD recently 4sleeping w/students during the course of the academy. They were given the opportunity 2 resign or 2 early retirement, now that doesn't make any sense. If they were up 2 no good, I'd go 4termination. Moving on, I've seen OFC's in full uniform,armed & in a marked cruiser drinking on the job @ PT; especially if its @ a club, titty-bar, food place,etc...& some OFC's even take their drinks w/them on the road. The public see's this but if we say something about it, its us the civilians as the police world calls it against them. All police agencies have their own problems, but now-a-days the PGPD is getting all the fame. The Co.PD use to be known as a dept.of good faith, trustworthy, loyality & above all family-like qualities but not anymore I guess. There also was a phrase that said, "PG Co. Police is known to "shoot 1st & then ask Q: later", it was funny but then they made it true w/all the "oops" that keeps showing up in the media. In ref. to that, did you hear about the "rookie" on the rd. who shot the man in the head, he's under IAD as well. I mean whats the point of killing them right there & then, don't we americans want justice? The police r trained to "stop the threat", they don't train "shoot to kill". Apparently that rookie wasn't paying attention during training in the academy?! Oh, don't let me forget about all them vet's such as Cpl.Smith, most of them r programmed to kill. They're so screwed up in the head, that they go out here & look 4 some1 2 piss them off so that they can take their frustrations out physically & mentally on citizens. Wow, I've said a lot but some1 will read this and agree to disagree but honestly its true. Back to Cpl. Smith Jr. just for a moment since I started to drift off someplace else. I personally didn't know him, I've seen him before @ a distance and I agree to the fact that he was called handsome by some women on the comments before mine. See as humans, since childhood we are taught that priest, police officers, and a few other people are considered to be friendly, kind, honest and most of all "safe". However, most police officers use that to their advantage. To the women who were mislead by Cpl. Eddie Smith Jr. and other women/men who are dating/f*cking/hooking up/sexing PGPD officers or any other police officers, these are some ways you can pick-up on if you think you might be getting "played".

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  13. Cont...I'll just list them: if the Ofc. can only see u at ur place & only 4 a few hrs, only during his PT gig hrs, only when u come along for a ride-a-long in their veh, they don't anyone else to know about yall, u can come over to their place but don't leave anything behind or u can only come on their time, they can come to ur place 4 a quickie but they can't shower before of after the "deed", they have more than 1 phone, they told u that ur the only 1 they're having unprotected sex w/, when u constantly call them u only get their VM, they can't make time for 1on1's in public, etc...

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  14. cont...remember this ladies and gents; they cover for each other. No matter what the situation maybe, think of it this way: would u rat someone out, who might have to cover ur ass in a shoot-out someday? I wouldn't, I'd use the "don't ask, don't tell", myself. That's the truth. I hope I helped some people out, I myself was just venting anger issues with the PGPD. But this helped a lot, anyways I wish Cpl. Smith Jr. can gain hope for the future, but in the mean while...a few words of wisdom wouldn't hurt, "don't drop the soap"! Lol.

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  15. Wow! I see there are a lot of haters for the police in PG. The bottom line is that if you can do a better job being a PG county police officer than GO DO IT! ALL departments have problems and deal with them effectively despite what the media or public hears. Some of you may have had a bad experience and that's the breaks. But over all the majority of PGPD and police officers in general are decent people. There are more good officers than bad ones. It always amazes me to see how much hatred is vented towards the country's finest. But let you have an incident and who do you end up calling.... the police right?! Not all officers are the same. Given the number of active officers employed by the county the percentage is low (I'm not making this up).

    Now if Eddie did the crime that he is accused of believe me when I say... he is DONE. It will have nothing to do with PGPD either. For those who seem to know SO much about PGPD, well.... this is a federal offense. Even if it wasn't he would no longer work again as a PGPD officer or any other decent job. Getting fired as a police officer is like a dishonorable discharge from the military. For those who don't know, your career is set back especially if you are looking for any 'real' job.

    So in conclusion.... if you can do a better job at policing in PG county (by the way the 2nd highest crime rate in the state next to Baltimore city) than sign up please. Stop judging the blue and french gray so hard until you've sent some time in those shoes. I doubt you could do a better job. As far as Eddie is concerned, yes, he was a con artist and had been one for awhile. Even if he is completely innocent (and boys and girls.... he's not completely!) the sigma is attached to him forever. Even in pretend land if he gets past this he is done as a county officer.

    For the record the inmate that was killed was not done by a PG county police officer. Maybe paying attention to details might help before you post comments. For the rest, stop believing every single word your read the media doesn't always tell 'citizens' all the facts and if you going off the washington post.. well their job is to sale papers. That doesn't include telling the whole story.

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  16. You think I could get a good deal on one of his motorcycles?!

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  17. Janice

    LET ME TELL YOU SO CALLED FRIENDS OF EDDIE SMTIH WHO CLAIM HE IS SO SPOTLESS. HOW SHALL WE BEGIN WHO CARES ABOUT THE WOMAN WHO ARE LEAVING COMMENTS ABOUT HIM AND THE YOU PEOPLE ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THEM. ITS AMAZING HOW ALL OF YOU HAVE THESE WITTY COMMENTS TO SAY DO YOU KNOW THESE WOMEN OR WOMAN DO YOU. HE IS A CHEAT AND IF YOU PEOPLE ARE CLAIMING YOU ARE HIS FRIENDS YOU KNOW WHAT HE IS ABOUT. HE IS AN ABUSER OF WOMEN AND PREYS ON THEIR WEAKEST POINTS. HE IS A SEXUAL PREDATOR AND WILL HAVE SEX WITH ANYTHING. I WAS ONE OF HIS MANY GIRLFRIENDS THAT HE HAD AND HAD BEEN SEEING HIM FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. MR. SMITH CLAIMED I WAS THE ONLY ONE TO HE EVEN PROPOSED MARRIAGE TO ME AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAD NEVER MEET ANYONE LIKE ME. FOR TWO YEARS I HAD THAT ANIMAL AND CRIMINAL AROUND MY 3 CHILDREN. THIS IS A SIGN OF WHO HE IS A MAN WITH NO CONTROL AND SENSE OF SELF WORTH. THIS IS SHOWN BECAUSE HE HAS TO SLEEP WITH MANY WOMAN AND PLAY MANY WOMAN TO FEEL LIKE A MAN. HE IS A PATHETIC PUNK WHO PREYS ON WOMEN. I DON'T THINK IT IS A LONG SHOT THAT HE WOULD ROB A BANK. NOT BY ANY MEANS.

    HE PLAYED MAN ROLES AND HAD MANY HATS WITH EVERYONE HE DELT WITH. ALL OF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT HIS WIFE SHE HAD TO HAVE KNOWN WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE SAW ME ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED, SO YOU DON'T QUESTION WHERE YOUR HUSBAND IS IF HE IS LEAVING MY HOUSE AND COMING BACK HOME AT 3 IN THE MORNING. PLEASE SHE KNEW . I TOLD EDDIE I WAS PREGNANT A WEAK BEFORE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED AND HE WAS SO HAPPY. HE ALWAYS WANTED KIDS AND PROMISED THAT WE WOULD BE TOGETHER. THEN WHEN ALL OF THIS HIT THE PAPERS I WAS LIKE WOW A I GOT PLAYED.

    THEN TO READ ALL OF THE INFO COMING OUT AND TO REALIZE I WAS JUST ONE OF MANY WOMAN HE WAS PLAYING GAMES WITH. EDDIE SMITH IS A CRIMINAL AND LIAR IF A MAN CAN LAY IN YOUR BED ALMOST NIGHT AFTER NIGHT AND LOOK YOU IN THE EYE AND TELL YOU HE LOVES YOU AND WANTS TO BE A FATHER TO YOUR KIDS. THEN YES I DO THINK HE CAN COMMITT THE CRIME THEY ARE SAYING HE DID.

    I HOPE MR. SMITH HAS TIME TO THINK ABOUT ALL THE WOMAN HE LIED TO AND HURT AND THE CRIME HE WAS CAUGHT DOING. COME ONE PEOPLE COPS NEVER WANT TO HUNT THEIR OWN DOWN. HE WAS CAUGHT WITH THE GEAR, THE PHONE LOGS, AND HE WAS OFF DUTY. ARE YOU PEOPLE REALLY THAT STUPID THAT YOU DON'T SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL. WHY WOULD THEY SINGLE HIM OUT FROM ALL THE OTHER OFFICERS TO DO THIS TOO.

    Don't they say that criminals can do crimes for years and its that one stupid mistake that gets them caught.THIS WAS HIS STUPID MISTAKE. EVERY DUMB CRIMINAL DOES IT, THEY THINK THEY ARE BEING SO SMART AND THEN THEY SLIP UP.

    WHO CARE ABOUT THE OTHER WOMEN LEAVING BLOGS ON THIS SITE. I KNOW THE REAL DEAL AND I KNOW EDDIE SMITH AND I WAS HIS GIRLFRIEND,LOVER, FINANCE,AND THE MOTHER OF HIS SOON TO BE CHILD.

    HE WILL BE FOUND GUILTY AND ALL OF SINS WILL COME TO LIGHT

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  18. To the last writer make sure you make him pay for his unborn child on the way.

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  19. I have a question for the next to last poster? Are you still pregnant with is child, if so, why are you airing all of your personal business on this site? You women are stupid. By putting all of his and your business out there like that, what are you accomplishing? I do not know you or Mr. Smith but I would be contacting a lawyer not posting on some blog for all the world to see. You women give all women a bad name.

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  20. To the pregnant poster- It is highly imperative that you get tested for STD's as you obviously had unprotected sex. You AND YOUR UNBORN CHILD, are at risk.

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  21. Please get passed all your hurt and think about the woman he actually married and show her some respect. Live, learn and move on. Let GOD handle it. Whether he is guilty or not it is between him and GOD and whatever judgement he faces will be done. Sounds like the man has some mental issues if he has to lie to so many people. It is hard work lying all the time. Now maybe he can face his own personal demons. I'm not for or against him so I will wait it out. Justice will be served, either for criminal acts and immoral behavior. Rest assured hurt women just will be served. What's done it the dark will come to the light. Wait and see what the light brings.

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  22. I dont think these post came from mutiple women. I thinks its one scorned woman who dropped her pants for a (cute man) and now feels dumb. You should have thought about it and got to know who you where sleeping with! no pity here. Besides, what does all that have to do with this case? ... from a nobody

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  23. Can anyone advise on the date of the trail?

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  24. http://cpleddiesmith.blogspot.com/


    October 18, 2010

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