Former Safe Streets worker faces gun and drug charges, renewing vetting process questions

A Baltimore man who previously worked in the city’s Safe Streets violence intervention program is facing drug and weapons charges after police say they found a loaded handgun and a substance believed to be cocaine during a traffic stop in West Baltimore.

According to court records obtained by FOX45 News, officers pulled over a vehicle around 6:15 p.m. on April 28 in the 400 block of West Mulberry Street; the car had a suspended registration.

Baltimore Police say Donald Smothers was riding in the passenger seat. Court records show neither Smothers nor the driver had a driver’s license on them at the time…

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