Police say Ronnie Lionel White, 19, of Laurel was the alleged driver of the pick-up truck that struck Cpl. Richard Findley. (WJLA photo)
WASHINGTON - Maryland’s Chief Medical Examiner has determined the death of an inmate at a local jail was a homicide, sources tell WTOP.Ronnie Lionel White’s autopsy determined he had two broken bones in the front of his neck, which is consistent with asphyxiation.
The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into White’s death, FBI spokesman Richard J. Wolf tells WTOP.
White was found dead in his cell 36 hours after he was charged with killing Cpl. Richard Findley Friday afternoon.
Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson announced Monday night that Maryland State Police and the FBI will be investigating the death. Johnson said that he believes the death was “unrelated to any act by the Prince George’s County Police Department.”
“If we have vigilante justice, our society will fall apart,” Johnson said Monday night.
White was admitted to jail early Saturday morning, and he was given a medical assessment and placed in a maximum security cell. Since he was classified as a high profile offender, police say they routinely checked on him every half hour.
On Sunday, police say they checked on White 15 minutes before he was found unconscious.
“Correctional officers found him sitting on his bed alert. When officers returned 15 minutes later to serve him his lunch, he was unresponsive,” says Col. Gregory Harris, deputy director of the Bureau of Operations with the Prince George’s County Correctional Department. “The on-site medical staff were immediately called and found no visible signs of trauma.”
Corrections officials say the jail has cameras, but no video of who might have come into White’s cell.
Sources say the case will likely go to a grand jury.
On Friday morning, police say Findley was watching a truck that he thought was stolen in an apartment complex on Bowie Road near Route 197.
When Findley saw two people get into the truck, he attempted to make a traffic stop, but the truck did not stop.
The truck hit the police cruiser. At some point, Findley got out of the cruiser and was struck and dragged by the pickup, police say.
Findley was taken to Laurel Regional Hospital in serious condition. He died of his injuries a short time later. He is the first officer to be killed in Prince George’s County since 2005.
White was one of four people police detained in the death of Findley. He was charged with first-degree murder. Police say the other three individuals are still under investigation.
Findley was a 10-year veteran of the force and served as a firefighter for 20 years at the Beltsville Fire House. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters.
Funeral services for Findley have been arranged for Thursday.
and they wonder why we never know what happened…. this nigga is dead and they brand him a snitch in the paper… not caring about the consequences his family has to go thru now for retaliation…. this really helps…
SNITCH SLAIN IN GUN BUY WIRED THUG SHOT 14 TIMES By JOHN DOYLE, PHILIP MESSING and LARRY CELONA
EMMITT LITTLES
Strayed from police plan.
Last updated: 2:51 am
June 30, 2008
Everyone knew it was dangerous work.
But no one could foresee the tragic turn of events that would lead to the death of a police informant during an undercover gun buy in a Bronx building - and the gunman’s waltzing out undetected, even though the building was surrounded by cops.
The ordeal began around 6 p.m. June 19 when the informant, a 24-year-old high-ranking Bloods gang member with a long rap sheet, pulled up in front of 3204 Park Ave. in Melrose.
He was with an undercover cop plotting to buy a .40-caliber handgun for $500 from a fellow gang member known on the streets as “Guns.”
Members of both the NYPD and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms were monitoring the deal from surveillance vehicles nearby.
When the informant, Emmitt “E-Murda” Littles, phoned “Guns” and asked him to come down to the car, the illegal-gun dealer balked, telling him to go up to the 15th floor, instead.
Sources say the undercover officer felt this was a bad idea, as it went against preferred practice. But before the cop could stop Littles, the informant hopped out, saying, “I’ll do it,” and quickly headed into the building, sources said.
Littles was wearing a recording device but not one that could be monitored from a distance.
Minutes later, police radio blazed with numerous calls to 911 reporting gunfire in the building.
When cops raced upstairs, they found the 6-foot-4 Littles lying dead against a door with 14 gunshot wounds to his chest and arms, his cellphone in his hands and his shorts pulled down to his knees.
“Buying guns undercover is a very dangerous job,” said William McMahon, special agent in charge of the ATF’s New York office. “We will look at the procedures taken.”
One key piece of evidence in the case likely will be the tape recorder that Littles had on him, which was still running when he was found.
A quick replay of the tape revealed Littles’ last words: “Yo, yo, 5-0 is downstairs. They’re coming up.”
It is not clear whether he was tipping “Guns” off to the cops or trying to hide the fact he was working with them.
“You can hear them rummaging through his pockets, and then you hear them put one more [bullet] in [him],” said a source who heard the tape.
People close to Littles - who did not want to be identified - said he and “Guns” were old friends. They believe he was killed because “Guns” knew he was a snitch.
A search of Littles’ cellphone calls soon led cops to Don Silver, 28, who was recently released from prison on two attempted-murder raps.
When they tracked him to a nearby apartment, they found a .45 caliber handgun in a drawer, but it was not the murder weapon.
Its not enough that she married to Jayz but now she got to go locking lips (even tho i know its for a movie) with my boo Ildris. What in the hell! I love me some Bey but i really think she shoulda shot me an email or called just to let me know this shit was going to be happening so a sistah could be ready.
So…Russell Simmons has been ordered to pay 20K per month per EACH child to Kimora till 2019. Now, my question is, if you had it the way they do, would the 20K bother you that much, or would you just charge it to the game since it’s for the babies?
In White Folks News:
Verne Troyer has a new sex tape.
That’s right, Mini Me.
I honestly cannot think of anybody else I would rather see getting it in, can you?
Exactly what they did - I……… dont know LOL. But it was interesting to say the least.
First of all, Usher - booooooooooooo! WTF? Shouldnt you be past the level of lip-synching by now? And why didnt you do the remix to that song? At least having Bey on stage with you might have diverted our attention from them skinny ass sweatpants. And by the way, Neyo TOTALLY shitted on you, dude. AND he brought the Jabbawockeez out. You? You suck.
Now I must say I always liked Alicia Keys, but I like her even better now that she’s said to be a homewrecker, LOL. IDK, its just something about the humanization of celebrities that make you wanna invite em to a cookout LOL. But yo, SWV and EnVogue? Thats wassup right there. Ima just need them not to let T-Boz come in singing after Cindy n’em. Theres rules to this shit.
T-Paine has to be the most annoying artist on the planet, but I’ll be damned if he cant make a remix hot. He’s on the hook of the hottest shit out right now… and he sang them all last night LOL.
Oh Warren - I mean, Marvin Sapp, LOL. I never woulda made it either! Church on the move! Take em witcha! LOL. Seen Kirk Franklin in the audience. Anybody seen Plies? OF COURSE NOT! LOL (BTW, if you ever wear a sweater that tight again, Im tellin Jesus).
Lisa Lisa, whoa! How many kids you got? Got the nerve to be presenting a gospel award after wondering if you should take him home. And how did that work out, by the way? LOL
C-Breeze….mm mm mm. Oh wait, is that Ciara? Ok, dont get hurt now. Rihanna dont look like she like all that girating and hovering you doing. Thats not a real smile. Trust me. Speakin of Rhi-Rhi, loving her these days. Somebody definitely sent her to a vocal coach - sounding like Beyonce Lite - and fuck what the next nigga say, that bitch is bad!
But Damn, Cassie. You cant sing OR read???
Im sayin though…. they could not have chosen better tributes for Al Green. But are those white shoes Anthony Hamilton? Seriously, are they? Is that….. nigga, thats Maxwell! Oh my damn….. stop, drop and roll, Dig. Stop, drop and roll! “Dont take those pumps off baby!” Ok, I wont. LOL
Al Green is that dirty old man in church that drops his handkerchief on purpose so he can look up your dress. But when he touches your butt as you walk by, youre almost excited to tell all your friends about it LOL.
Can somebody tell me why they even do best actor and actress? We aint had to see Halle since Jungle Fever and she’d still take it and Denzel would win if we was still watchin “Mo Betta Blues.” Kinda like how Trina and Missy are always nominees when we still singin “The Baddest Chick” and “Get Your Freak On.”
Quincy Jones, I love you man. But….. your piece of bread… my peanut butter is your jelly… no chips…. when it rains, get wet…… WHAT? LOL
My nigga Nelly said “1000 for the pants, 200 for the shoes, keep your shirt, Ima rock these tattooes!” LMAOOOO! Woooo….. my baby LOL. You rock em, boy. “He done stepped on my J’s” LOL….. you know, I really hate Fergie, but I cant front on her either. That broad is swaggerific.
So I know yall watched it. What fuckery did you witness?
NEW YORK (AP) — Just in case anybody had forgotten that Kobe Bryant has never won an NBA title without Shaquille O’Neal, the big man sent out a reminder.
The Phoenix Suns center can be seen rapping that “Kobe couldn’t do without me” in a video posted online at celebrity news and gossip site TMZ.com
During the two-minute video, a grinning O’Neal lurches through an improvised rap in which he skewers the Lakers’ star, with whom he won three straight NBA titles from 2000-2002 while with Los Angeles.
“I was freestyling. That’s all. It was all done in fun. Nothing serious whatsoever,” O’Neal told ESPN.com Monday. “That is what MC’s do. They freestyle when called upon. I’m totally cool with Kobe. No issue at all.”
O’Neal and Bryant last played together in 2004. After a long-simmering feud came to a boil in public, O’Neal was traded to Miami before the 2004-05 season, and won an NBA championship with the Heat in 2006.
Bryant and the Lakers didn’t reach the finals again until earlier this month, when the Boston Celtics beat them 4-2.
“You know how I be,” Shaq rapped. “Last week Kobe couldn’t do without me.”
O’Neal, who has recorded seven albums, also said he is “the difference between first and last place” and even took a jab at former New York Knicks center Patrick Ewing’s lack of championship rings.
So I was on Mediatakeout and they mentioned ya boy Plies lookin like a thugged out version of Kirk Franklin. My eye brow twitched, but the more I thought about it, I said HELL yeah! Look at this shit…..
~the lakers lost last night, and i havent slit my wrists
~i’m on day 2 of the master cleanse and 34 hours with no food
~no booty in my near future
~i lost a bet on the game and had to go to red front this morning to get breakfast for a co-worker, didnt cave
~homie is still a hard headed fool
~i have a pile of paperwork on my desk to get through in the next hour
~and a runny nose
but GUESS WHAT?!?
amazingly, i’m still in a pretty decent mood. … i guess God is smiling on me today. hopefully i dont do anything to prompt Him to piss all over my day.
Per Sandra Rose: “Chris Brown showed off his new solid 18k gold Macbook Air recently. When you’re young and dumb this is what you spend your money on. I guess he doesn’t have an accountant or financial adviser. He’ll be broke in 10 years.”
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