{
  "id": 571263,
  "title": "‘A lazy cop’: Maryland police officer allegedly faked traffic stops to avoid service calls",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/a-lazy-cop-maryland-police-officer-allegedly-faked-traffic-stops-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T12:55:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/baltimore-police-false-traffic-stop-reports"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Baltimore officer Dequwan Houchins, 30, indicted for allegedly making false traffic stop reports for months A Baltimore, Maryland, police officer avoided service calls by claiming he was on traffic stops when he was in fact “sitting idle in his car”, according to an indictment filed by city prosecutors. Dequwan Houchins, 30, is accused of four counts of false entry in a public record and five…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}