The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office has added three members of the Baltimore Police Department to its list of officers who prosecutors are forbidden to call to testify in court over concerns about their credibility.
Prosecutors added active officers Marien Bwino and Victor Figueroa to the list Wednesday, each with sustained internal affairs charges pending trial board hearings, according to the state’s attorney’s office.
A third officer who was added to the list, Troy Horton-Jones, left the police department in February, said police spokesperson Lindsey Eldridge.
Eldridge declined to comment on the internal affairs charges of the officers but said the agency “remains committed to addressing officers with integrity concerns, as well as officers who have been designated by the State’s Attorney’s Office as having testimonial concerns.”
“As we have stated before, one bad cop is too many, and we will continue working closely with the State’s Attorney’s Office and our partners to rebuild trust with the communities we serve and create a safer Baltimore for all,” Eldridge said.
They were added to the credibility issues list as part of a sweeping effort by city prosecutors to review thousands of officers’ internal affairs files beginning in 2024, when the police department granted prosecutors access to its electronic record-keeping system for internal affairs, said James Bentley, a spokesperson for the state’s attorney’s office.
Attorneys in the Public Trust and Police Integrity unit looked for previously unknown sustained internal affairs complaints and criminal charges, Bentley said. Files that prosecutors were obligated to disclose to defense attorneys were flagged to a team that handles such notifications.
The chief of the police unit, Steven Trostle, also kept track of officers whose records could warrant inclusion on the so-called “Do Not Call” list and referred them to State’s Attorney Ivan Bates for review, Bentley said. “Following that review, additional officers have been added to the list.”
Bwino, who was hired in 2023, had a yearly salary of about $68,000 in 2025 but took home almost $120,000, according to city salary records.
Eldridge said Bwino was on administrative duty with his police powers suspended.
Figueroa, who was hired in 2017, had an annual salary of $83,000 in 2025 and saw slightly less than that in gross pay, records show.
Eldridge said Figueroa is on active duty.
Horton-Jones was hired in 2020 and received a salary of $78,600 in 2025 but was paid about $97,000, according to the records.
The officers could not be reached for comment.
Mike Mancuso, president of the union that represents Baltimore Police officers, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Spokespersons for the Baltimore Police Department did not immediately respond to questions about the officers’ administrative charges or their current assignments.
The review also led to several officers who left the Police Department more than five years ago being added to the credibility issues list.
Bwino, Figueroa and Horton-Jones joined four officers whom Bates’ office recently charged with misconduct in office as recent additions to the list.
Officers Kevin Dugan, Kevin Hilton, Menachem Rosenbloom and Mordechai Mandelbaum were indicted in March in Baltimore Circuit Court. Prosecutors accused each of them of using excessive force.
The credibility list dates back several administrations, but Bates established new guidelines for it after he was elected in 2022. Officers are added to the list if they have sustained internal affairs findings, criminal charges or convictions that call their truthfulness into question, and also at the state’s attorney’s discretion.
“The few in uniform who gamble with the credibility of their department and the integrity of my prosecutors’ cases must be identified for the sake of accountability,” Bates said in a statement posted to his office’s website.
This article may be updated.
The story has been updated to clarify Troy Horton-Jones is no longer an active Baltimore Police Department officer.
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