A former Prince George’s County corrections officer has been indicted in the death of an inmate accused of killing a police officer. Forty-eight-year old Anthony McIntosh was arrested Thursday in New York City on charges of violating the civil rights of inmate 19-year-old Ronnie White.
McIntosh is also accused of covering-up his involvement in White’s death, federal prosecutors said.
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The investigation was headed up by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The charges come three years after at least two Prince George’s County grand juries failed to hand down indictments on criminal charges in White’s death, sources said.
White was found dead in his cell in the Prince George’s County jail on June 29, 2008, two days after he was arrested for allegedly running down and killing police Sgt. Richard Findley with a stolen truck.
In the indictment unsealed Thursday, prosecutors said McIntosh discovered White in his cell, unresponsive and in need of emergency help. But McIntosh walked away without providing medical treatment or notifying officials of the emergency, the indictment alleges.
Prosecutors called the guard’s action’s “deliberate indifference.”
McIntosh also is charged with two counts of falsification of records in a federal investigation. Prosecutors said he falsified his incident report and a witness statement in the case. McIntosh lied when said he did not move the body of the 19-year-old White, documents said.
McIntosh was arrested in New York City on Thursday and has a court appearance there Friday morning. No court appearance has been scheduled in Maryland. If convicted, McIntosh faces up to life in prison for the civil rights violation and a maximum of 20 years in prison on each count of falsification of records.
In 2008, Maryland’s chief medical examiner determined that White was strangled in his cell, possibly with a bedsheet, towel or arm. The report said White’s hyoid bone was broken. The horseshoe-shaped bone supports the airway and plays a role in speech.
Authorities said the corrections officers involved changed their stories. They first said they found White slumped against the bed, but later said he was hanging from his bedsheet.
