Steven Umberto Angelini, Drug Trafficking, Maryland 2024

Baltimore, Maryland – Former Baltimore Police Officer Steven Umberto Angelini was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and oxycodone and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

According to his plea agreement, Angelini was a member of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) and from January 2022 through May 2022, Angelini and Co-Conspirator 1 conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone.

The sentence was announced by U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron, Special Agent in Charge William DelBagno of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Baltimore Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Michael McCarthy of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, and Chief Robert McCullough of the Baltimore County Police Department.

Angelini also provided Co-Conspirator 1 with law enforcement sensitive information on the case and some pictures, which were available to BPD employees through mass email dissemination.

Angelini offered to sell Co-Conspirator 1 a privately made firearm, also known as a “ghost gun,” in exchange for cash and narcotics.

The sentence was handed down on June 28, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Ellen L. Hollander.

Angelini’s crime dates back to January 2022, when he conspired with Co-Conspirator 1 to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone.

United States Attorney Erek L. Barron commended the FBI, HSI and the Baltimore County Police Department for their work in the investigation. Mr. Barron thanked Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Goo, who prosecuted the case.