As a dozen supporters and family members watched, some holding hands and one dabbing back tears with a tissue, Darryl de Sousa made his first appearance in court to hear the federal tax charges against him.
Just a week ago, he was Baltimore’s youthful police commissioner, appointed four months earlier by Mayor Catherine Pugh after a steady rise through the ranks of the Baltimore Police Department.
Then on Tuesday, De Sousa resigned after admitting on Twitter to having failed to file his income tax returns for years 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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