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Verdict Expected Today in Edward Nero Case

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BALTIMORE (AP) - A judge is preparing to hand down his verdict in the case of a Baltimore police officer charged in the arrest and subsequent death of Freddie Gray.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams is expected to announce a verdict in Officer Edward Nero's case on Monday.

The 30-year-old faces assault, misconduct in office and reckless endangerment charges.

Gray died last year, a week after his neck was broken while he was handcuffed and shackled, but unrestrained, in the back of a police van.

Prosecutors say Nero unlawfully arrested Gray, and the officer was negligent when he didn't buckle the prisoner into a seat belt.

Nero's attorney argues his client didn't arrest Gray, and that it is the police van driver's responsibility to buckle in detainees.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.