Elementary school cafeteria manager Alicia White’s family was bombarded with calls from reporters this weekend about an involuntary manslaughter charge related to the death of Freddie Gray.
She shares the same name as Sgt. Alicia White, one of six Baltimore police officers that State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced on Friday would be charged in case of the 25-year-old man, who died in police custody.
Court documents instead listed the other Alicia White’s personal information, according to the Baltimore Sun.
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“The middle initial was off. Her address, her height, her weight, her driver’s license number — all of the information was my client’s information,” lawyer Jeremy Eldridge, representing the cafeteria manager, told the publication. “Her life has been a living hell the past four days.”
And it wasn’t just reporters calling: bail bondsmen were also dialing her number, the Sun reported.
Sgt. White, who has been with the force for three years and was promoted to sergeant earlier this year, was released on $350,000 bail after being charged along with the five other police officers. She’s also facing charges of second-degree assault and misconduct in office.
The confusion didn’t end with the Alicia Whites.
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Lt. Brian Rice, who is facing four charges including involuntary manslaughter, also has the same name as another Maryland resident. That Brian Rice is reportedly a plumber who lives with his wife, Tammy, in Brunswick.
They also received a slew of phone calls after Mosby announced there were grounds to lay charges against the police officers who made the “illegal” arrest of Gray on April 12 after which he sustained a severe spinal injury that resulted in his death a week later.
According to the Baltimore Sun, one of Lt. Rice’s attorneys claimed there was also an error in the arrest warrant for his client.
Lt. Rice — an 18-year veteran of the force — is the officer who made eye contact with Gray and pursued the man after he fled, along with officers Edward Nero and Garrett Miller. Reports following the incident indicated earlier concerns about his mental health.
Lt. Rice is also free on bail, which was posted at $350,000.
Nero and Garrett have each been charged with two counts of second-degree assault, two counts of misconduct in office and false imprisonment.
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Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., who was driving the police wagon in which Gray sustained his fatal injury, has been charged with second-degree depraved heart murder, manslaughter, second-degree assault, two counts of vehicular manslaughter and misconduct in office.
The sixth officer arrested in Gray’s death was William Porter, who faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault and misconduct in office.
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