Former BPD Officer Indicted on Multiple Accounts of Assault

The indictment stems from an investigation led by the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Public Trust and Police Integrity and Evidence Review Unit as well as BPD's Body Worn Camera and Internal Affairs Division.

According to the indictment, on February 6, 2021, in the early hours after midnight, while off duty and in his personal vehicle, Ali approached a stopped vehicle owned and operated by Shayla Hugel, and occupied by two friends, Amari Jones and Krisae Spence.

Ali allegedly asked the females where they were going, and they told him that they were heading to a party. Ali asked if he could join them, and the females declined the offer. The red light then turned green, and the females drove away. Ali pursued the females in the vehicle, eventually catching up to them at another intersection, and again asked if he could go to the party with them. The females declined again, and told Ali to stop following them.

The indictment adds that Ali continued to follow. Hugel, fearing for her and her friends' safety, tried to take evasive maneuvers, but Ali continued his pursuit. Hugel used excessive speeds, including exceeding 100 mph, and allegedly Ali continued his pursuit of Hugel's vehicle and the females inside. The three occupants in Hugel's vehicle feared for their safety.

During the time frame that Ali allegedly was pursuing Hugel, Jones and Spence, Ali operated his vehicle at speeds exceeding 100 mph, he crossed left of double yellow lines, drove the wrong way into oncoming traffic, and avoided and ignored traffic control devices, all in an effort to continue his pursuit of the three females. At one point during the pursuit, Ali followed Hugel's vehicle so closely that he struck it in the rear bumper.

Thinking they had created distance on Ali, and in hopes of finding someone to help protect them should he approach again, Hugel drove her vehicle into a Royal Farm convenience store parking lot. Before any of the three females got out of Hugel's car, Ali pulled into the parking space immediately to the left of Hugel and her vehicle. With his window down, Ali allegedly yelled, 'Freeze - FBI.' Hugel demanded identification and Ali allegedly refused, challenging Hugel to get out of her car to look at Ali's identification in his own car. Hugel refused, which angered Ali. Ali then got out of his car, ran to the front of his car, nearing Hugel's driver's side door, at which time Ali lifted his shirt and motioned towards a firearm tucked inside of his pants at his waist, putting Hugel in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.

Hugel, taking advantage of Ali being outside of his car, quickly backed out of her parking space and attempted to flee again. Ali pursued.

Hugel, not knowing where she was, saw a sign for an Emergency Room, and decided to seek refuge at that hospital. The hospital was the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Bayview Campus. She drove towards the emergency room, with Ali still in pursuit.

When Hugel neared the main entrance of the emergency room, she noticed several ambulances. Hugel pulled over, and she and her two friends ran towards the emergency room. Sensing the urgency, a medic standing by an ambulance ushered the three women into the rear portion of the ambulance.

As soon as the three females were hidden in the ambulance, Ali drove up upon the same location. The medic was so alarmed, that he locked the ambulance and turned off the lights. Soon after, uniformed and on-duty police officers arrived at the scene and controlled the situation.

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