The city’s Board of Estimates approved the payout Wednesday to a local dentist who sued former city Police Officer David Reeping and two other officers for injuries he sustained during an arrest last year.

City Solicitor George A. Nilson told a reporter the city settled the suit because the arrest did not lead to charges against the dentist and because the plaintiff was unable to practice dentistry because of an injury to his wrist sustained during a scuffle with the cops.

In March Reeping was sentenced to eight months in federal prison after pleading guilty to taking bribes from a local tow company.

He is one of roughly a dozen former Baltimore police officers who have pled guilty in a kickback scheme whereby 17 city cops were indicted for illegally sending motorists to an unauthorized repair shop in Rosedale in return for up to $300 per referral in bribes.

The scheme involved more than 60 officers over a two-year period, leading to 16 criminal convictions in the Baltimore Police Department as well as the two owners of Majestic Auto Repair — the unauthorized shop where the vehicles were illegally sent — plus numerous suspensions.
 
—VoB Staff report
 
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