Dasan Jones, a magnet student at Glen Burnie High School and an accomplished violin player, was “always so nice to everybody.” That’s what his friend Erika DiDonato said about the 15-year-old, who was found dead in the home of his stepfather, a Baltimore Police officer, in Curtis Bay on Tuesday.
Dasan Jones, magnet student at Glen Burnie High School & accomplished violin player, was “always so nice to everybody”
(Taylor O’Hearn)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (8 JULY 2021) Read the full article 15-year-old found dead in Curtis Bay home was a magnet student who was ‘always so nice to everybody’
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND (8 JULY 2021) Read the full article Baltimore Cop Stashed 15-Year-Old Stepson’s Body in Wall: Prosecutor
Baltimore police officer Eric G. Banks Jr. is facing charges after prosecutors say the body of his teenage stepson was found “secreted” in a wall in his home and he tried to steal a fellow officer’s gun as authorities made the grisly discovery.
The chaotic chain of events kicked off on Tuesday, when prosecutors say Anne Arundel County police officers went to the home of Baltimore police officer Eric G. Banks Jr. to inquire about the whereabouts of his 15-year-old stepson, Dasan Jones. After first claiming the teen wasn’t home, Banks gave the officers permission to search the house, The Baltimore Sun reports, citing court documents.
Police then found the Dasan’s body stashed in a “hole in the wall with a white cover leaning on it” on the top floor of the house.
Banks allegedly “made statements that he is homicidal and suicidal” at the scene. The officer recalled in charging documents that he “stated multiple times ‘you’re gonna have to end this’ as we were wrestling over the firearm.” He requested that his handcuffs be adjusted and then made “a clear attempt” to snatch another officer’s Glock 17 from the holster, prosecutors say.
A member of the police force for three years, Banks was denied bail on Thursday and has been deemed a suicide risk. He is charged with assault and resisting arrest, and had already been suspended from the force prior to Tuesday’s incident.
