Baltimore Grand Jury Indicts Officers in Freddie Gray's Death
Comes 3 weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced initial charges.
— -- Three weeks after Baltimore’s top prosecutor announced initial charges against the six police officers involved in the controversial arrest of Freddie Gray, a grand jury has now indicted all six officers.
“As our investigation has continued, additional information has been discovered, and as is often the case during an ongoing investigation, charges can and should be revised based upon the evidence,” state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for Baltimore, announced this afternoon.
The grand jury returned the indictments earlier in the day after hearing evidence from prosecutors for two weeks, Mosby said.
The charges outlined in the indictment are nearly identical to charges announced earlier this month -- though the grand jury added "reckless endangerment" charges and dropped false imprisonment charges against some of the officers.
Gray, 25, died last month after suffering a spinal injury during an arrest and subsequent van transport, during which he was handcuffed but unsecured. The incident sparked violent protests and a federal civil rights probe into the entire Baltimore Police Department over whether officers engage in a “pattern or practice” of discriminatory policing.
According to Mosby, the specific charges in the indictments are:
Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. (van driver)
Second-degree depraved heart murder; involuntary manslaughter; second-degree negligent assault; manslaughter by vehicle and gross negligence; manslaughter by vehicle, criminal negligence; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner; reckless endangerment.
Officer William Porter
Involuntary manslaughter; second-degree negligent assault; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner; reckless endangerment.
Lt. Brian Rice
Involuntary manslaughter; second-degree negligent assault; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner and an illegal arrest; reckless endangerment.
Officer Edward Nero
Second-degree intentional assault; misconduct in office for an illegal arrest; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner; reckless endangerment.
Officer Garrett Miller
Second-degree intentional assault; misconduct in office for an illegal arrest; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner; reckless endangerment.
Sgt. Alicia White
Involuntary manslaughter; second-degree negligent assault; misconduct in office for failure to perform a duty regarding safety of a prisoner; reckless endangerment.