We could be very close to learning whether any charges will be filed in the jail-cell death of Ronnie White, an accused cop killer.
According to several sources, prosecutors have begun presenting evidence about White's jailhouse death to a grand jury. The sources say at least one of the prison guards considered a focus of the investigation has already testified; another has been subpoenaed to appear next week. The sources say they believe the Maryland State Police homicide division has finished its investigation and delivered its report to Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn Ivey.
What cannot be known at this point is what the outcome of the grand jury proceedings will be. Generally speaking, prosecutors present evidence in hopes of gaining indictments. But a grand jury can also decline to indict if the evidence isn't compelling enough.
Ronnie White was found dead in his jail cell back in June. The prison guard who admits to finding him says it was a suicide.
The state medical examiner, however, after an exhaustive investigation of his own, ruled the death a homicide by strangulation.
White was accused of killing Prince George's County police Sgt. Richard Findley.
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