A rookie city police officer took drug money for her heroin-dealing boyfriend and watched as narcotics were placed on her living room table, according to court papers charging her with drug offenses.
The officer, Lisa A. Evans, 22, of the 5200 block of Leith Ave. in Woodburne Heights, was released from U.S. District Court in Baltimore yesterday on $50,000 unsecured bond after her arrest Tuesday night. She is charged with conspiracy to possess heroin and possession with intent to distribute.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul M. Rosenberg released Ms. Evans to the custody of her aunt and scheduled a preliminary hearing for April 10.
The arrest followed an undercover narcotics investigation by federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Baltimore police, who suspected that Ms. Evans was associating with drug traffickers while she was assigned to the Eastern District.
Ms. Evans resigned from the police force when she was arrested.
In connection with the alleged conspiracy, three men were arrested at a downtown parking garage during an undercover buy of two ounces of heroin for $13,000, investigators said. They are Darryl Bolling, 23, of the 800 block of Venable Ave., identified as Ms. Evans' boyfriend; Tracey Williams, 23, of the 2200 block of Prentiss Place; and Derry L. Williams, 33, of the 5500 block of Radecke Ave.
All were charged with conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute the narcotic. Mr. Bolling and the Williams brothers were being held by U.S. marshals pending a detention hearing tomorrow.
Investigators described Mr. Bolling as a major heroin and cocaine dealer in the Baltimore area. He also was wanted by Baltimore police on an outstanding murder warrant.
Undercover DEA agents visited Ms. Evans' apartment twice last week to buy drugs from Mr. Bolling, a court affidavit says.
The court document gave the following account:
On March 19, two undercover agents went to Ms. Evans' home and told her they wanted to buy a heroin sample from Mr. Bolling, who was not there. Ms. Evans paged Mr. Bolling, and he returned the message soon afterward by calling the apartment. Mr. Bolling spoke to both agents and instructed them to leave the $250 payment for the sample with Ms. Evans.
But when he failed to arrive at the apartment with the heroin, the agents asked Ms. Evans to return their money, and she complied.
