Baltimore Police Officers Found Guilty of Charges Including Assault, False Report, False Statement, and Misconduct

Baltimore, Md. (October 14, 2026) – Today, the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City announced that Officer Mordechai Mandelbaum was found guilty of False Statement, False Report, and two counts of Misconduct in Office. Officer Menachem Rosenbloom was found guilty of Second-Degree Assault and one count of Misconduct in Office. False Report and False Statement carries a penalty of up to six months and/or a $500 fine; Second-Degree Assault carries a penalty of up to 10 years and/or a fine of $2,500. Misconduct has no maximum penalty. Sentencing is scheduled for December 16, 2026. Assistant State’s Attorney Kimberly K. P. Rothwell prosecuted this case. 

“These guilty verdicts are the result of months of careful and thorough investigation conducted by my Public Trust & Police Integrity Unit in conjunction with the Baltimore Police Department’s Public Integrity Bureau. I want to specifically acknowledge the unwavering cooperation of the detectives in BPD’s Public Integrity Bureau, whose partnership with our prosecutors was essential to ensuring these cases were investigated fully and fairly,” said Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan J. Bates. “Police officers are entrusted with tremendous authority and a responsibility to uphold the law. When that authority is abused, through excessive force, false statements, or misconduct in office, it undermines public trust and threatens the integrity of our justice system. These guilty verdicts reaffirm that no one is above the law, and our office will continue to hold individuals accountable for their actions, regardless of their position or badge.”

Court documents state that Baltimore Police Officer Menachem Mandelbaum made false statements to Baltimore Police Officer Menachem Rosenbloom on June 26, 2025, at the 700 block of E. Chase Street with the intent to deceive regarding Officer Rosenbloom’s assault of a man on this date at this location. 

Officers Rosenbloom and Mandelbaum responded to a call in the 700 block of E. Chase Street. At the conclusion of the call, the Officers noticed a man had left his apartment, leaving his two young children unattended. The Officers initiated a vehicle pursuit of the man, who traveled on foot in and around I-83. Officer Rosenbloom was driving the departmental vehicle, with Officer Mandelbaum in the front passenger seat. The officers located the man, and Officer Mandelbaum exited the vehicle and initiated a foot pursuit. Officer Mandelbaum ran a few steps toward the man, lost his balance, and fell forward onto the sidewalk. Officer Mandelbaum re-entered the departmental vehicle Officer Rosenbloom was still operating and falsely reported to Officer Rosenbloom that the man “tripped” him, causing him to fall, and further stated that the man “kicked” his foot.

Officer Rosenbloom called out over the radio that the man was “going to be 10-30 for assault on police.” The two officers proceeded to laugh and joke about the fall being Officer Rosenbloom’s fault because Officer Rosenbloom, as they stated, should have offered to be the “jump out” guy.

The Officers found the man again; this time, Officer Rosenbloom exited the patrol car and initiated the foot pursuit. Eventually, the man stopped running, stood in a corner behind residential buildings, and raised both hands in surrender. Despite the man having both hands in the air and fully surrendering, Officer Rosenbloom deployed his OC spray directly into the man’s face without legal justification.

The man immediately got onto the ground in compliance. Despite this, Officer Rosenbloom then sprayed the man with his OC spray three additional times without legal justification. Police Officer William Miller arrived and pointed his service weapon at the man. Officer Miller later noted in his Use of Force Review Statement, “I pointed my service weapon at [the man] from behind and gave verbal commands…This was necessary because, for my safety, [the man] may have had a weapon. The man had already assaulted another officer previously when trying to flee on foot on East Chase Street.”

After the man was in custody, Officer Mandelbaum approached Officer Rosenbloom and stated, “You made up for your bad tactics.” To which Officer Rosenbloom replied, “I maced him like four times.” Officer Mandelbaum then stated, “On camera, I appreciate you for avenging me.” Officer Rosenbloom stated, “It wasn’t about that because he, he tried, he tried to scale this,” referring to a 20-foot wall. Officer Rosenbloom went on to say, “He tried to scale the thing. Then he’s like, he’s too short to do it. So, he came back down.” The man did not attempt to scale the wall.

Police Sergeant Steven Langher arrived in response to Officer Rosenbloom’s Use of Force. Officer Mandelbaum falsely told Sgt. Langher that the man assaulted him as soon as he exited the patrol vehicle. Officer Mandelbaum repeated his false assertion that the man “kicked him” at least three separate times during this incident. Officer Mandelbaum also volunteered this false assertion to the on-scene Medic.

Officer Rosenbloom later authored a Use of Force Statement, which falsely stated the following: “The subject fled on foot from officers. The subject had just attempted to climb over a 20-foot wall and escape police in an act that showed he did not care about his own physical safety. Officer Mandelbaum reported that he thought he had been kicked and tripped by the subject when the foot pursuit initiated.”