Money. There is cocaine. A gun. During his testimony as a witness for the U.S. government in an ongoing trial against one of his previous subordinates, the former Baltimore Police Sgt. admitted to stealing all of that. The assistant U.S. Attorney had a man testify against a man. Hankard is accused of helping to plant evidence and lying to a grand jury while he was a member of the Cease Fire squad. Hankard has pleaded not guilty. The trial is expected to continue into early next week. The conspiracy to violate civil rights charge was brought against him after he planted a fake gun at the scene where one of his friends ran over a man with his car. He hasn't been sentenced yet. The gun planting scheme is at the center of the government's case against Hankard. Carmine Vignola, a former Baltimore Police Detective, testified that he and his friend, Gladstone, got the gun from Hankard. Vignola was sentenced to 18 months in prison for lying to a grand jury about where he got the gun. He was released in October after serving six months. Vignola said on the witness stand that he lied to the grand jury because he wanted to limit Hankard's exposure. Vignola said he didn't want to testify against Hankard. The testimony lasted nearly seven hours and was wide-ranging, touching on incidents like stealing fireworks, violating Baltimoreans' rights and how he broke police protocol to help Hankard and Vignola get their stories straight after shooting someone. As part of his plea agreement, prosecutors granted him immunity, meaning that his words cannot be used against him, if he testifies in court and cooperates with the feds. When prosecutors asked about his candor and cooperation, he said he would like to have some reduction in his sentence. In court, a Baltimore police officer said that he started stealing money from drug dealers he was arresting in the mid 1990s to pay confidential sources, and that doing so was common practice inside the department. He started stealing money for himself a few years later. Hankard was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force unit. The pair probably stole money three to five times. Wayne was a friend of mine. The time when he and two other officers decided to deliver 3 kilograms of cocaine was protected by his prosecutor-granted immunity. He personally drove the officer to deliver the drugs. David Benowitz, Hankard's attorney, asked if he was an armed cocaine trafficker. I was, according to Gladstone. The three officers made $20,000 each from the sale, but most of it was spent on veterinary bills after a fire alarm went off in his house and his dog ripped his teeth out. He said that sometimes he stole objects instead of money. A suspect traded a rifle for being set free. He stole tools and fireworks when raiding an auto repair shop. He testified that he and his squad used the tools. What about the fireworks? The fireworks he stole were old mortars, and when he lit them, they burned through the packaging. One shot off into the woods and caught some trees on fire. His son was hit in the back. The fireworks didn't work out, he said. The purpose of the trial was to help prosecutors convince a jury to convict Hankard. Vignola, Hankard's former partner, testified Wednesday that he got the gun from Hankard. Hankard told a grand jury that he did not give Vignola a gun. Hankard's affidavits for search warrants and police reports are at stake. Vigonla testified that Hankard and Vignola arrested a suspected drug dealer at a motel in 2015, but he didn't have any drugs on him or in his truck. When the man's supervisor took his motel key, he went to his room without a search warrant and found a large amount of drugs. After realizing they arrested the man without enough probable cause, he planted drugs in the suspect's truck to cover their tracks. According to prosecutors, Hankard made it sound as if the motel room had not been searched to finish the cover-up. In his testimony, Vignola confirmed that the room had been searched and that evidence had been processed before the search warrant was heard. Hankard was never mentioned as being solely responsible for anything, and often made it a point to name everyone involved in the incident. Hankard was described as a blabbermouth by Gladstone, who never wanted to involve him in the gun planting incident. While his testimony was wide-ranging, he did show some remorse with his wife sitting in the back of the courtroom. He said that he was so ashamed that he did that, but that he chose to sell drugs and steal money. Bruce was enjoying time with his family after he was diagnosed with aphasia. Spears had awkward encounters with both actresses. He has been dubbed the "godfather of cryptocurrencies" because of his huge gains on IOTA, Cardano, and others. His newest prediction is here. 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