Dr. James P. Wickstrom
Did Freddie Gray Have Spinal Surgery (From Car Accident) A Week Before His Arrest?…
April 28, 2015
Currently it is being reported the investigation into Freddie
Gray’s death will be complete by Friday. However, the same media reports are saying the results will not be made immediately public. This is odd considering the surrounding ideology of Baltimore which would be highly favorable to a finding of wrongdoing by the police.
If the investigation revealed police wrongdoing there is nothing in the Baltimore political apparatus which would keep it hidden from public. Ergo, there’s a possibility any report would contain exculpatory information beneficial to the police.
Which brings us to a potential game changing discovery showing up in some social media about Freddie Gray having spinal surgery shortly before the events outlined within the controversial encounter. It must be noted however, that none of this is factually confirmed and we should research further.
The story is in essence:
“Freddie Gray had a pre-existing spinal and neck injury [from a car accident] and had severe damage and scar tissue from an accident that Allstate insurance was paying via a large structured settlement.
Freddie had several unsuccessful spinal fusion surgeries, and his most recent spinal/cervical operation was a week and a half before he was arrested. Freddie should have been at home in bed resting and recovering from this recent major operation.
If you look on Howard County Civil Court records you will find a case whereby Freddie Gray Jr. was trying to cash in his monthly structured Allstate settlement into a lump sum payout through Peachtree funding”.
Another report from The Fourth Estate essentially encapsulates the same story outlined in alternate (social) media:
[…] EXCLUSIVE: The Fourth Estate has learned that Freddy Gray’s life-ending injuries to his spine may have possibly been the result of spinal and neck surgery that he allegedly received a week before he was arrested, not from rough excessively rough treatment or abuse from police.
The Fourth Estate has contacted sources who allege that Freddy Gray received spinal and neck surgery a week before we was arrested, and was allegedly receiving a large structured settlement from Allstate Insurance. The surgery is allegedly related to a car accident in which Gray was involved (more)
Indeed there is a civil tort case in the Circuit Court for Howard County – Civil System listing Freddie Gray Jr. as party to a civil action structured between Peachtree Settlement Funding LLC and Allstate Life Insurance Company. (link)
CASE # 13C14101574 “Freddie Gray Jr” Howard County:
Whether the actual facts -as laid out beyond the settlement claim- are true is unknown. However, any report claiming the above related to a “car accident” seem sketchy at best. In a previous Baltimore Media article the following was noted:
[…] As children, he and his two sisters were found to have
damaging lead levels in their blood, which led to multiple
educational, behavioral and medical problems, according to a
lawsuit they filed in 2008 against the owner of a Sandtown-
Winchester home they rented for four years.
With so much of its housing stock predating laws banning lead in paint, Baltimore continues to wrestle with the after-effects on thousands of children who have inhaled or ingested the toxic metal.
[…] The siblings filed the lawsuit against Stanley Rochkind and
several corporations associated with him. (Originally, the suit
also targeted the owner of another home where the family lived, but that defendant was ultimately dropped.)
Rochkind is well known for owning hundreds of rentals in the city over the years, many of which have drawn lead paint lawsuits. In 2001, he was fined $90,000 by the Maryland Department of the Environment as part of a consent agreement that required him to rid some 480 rental units in Baltimore of lead paint. (link)
What would appear more likely is the Howard County civil action is some kind of request by Freddie Gray and his Sister for a lump sum payment, or changes in relation to the lead paint lawsuit litigants.
Obviously, if Freddie Gray Jr. did FACTUALLY have spinal and neck surgery less than two weeks before his encounter with police resulting in death from a spinal injury – such a revelation would be a game changer.
Perhaps the media will begin to look a little closer at the claim.
Perhaps it is an unfounded and unwarranted claim. However, it is very interesting and deserves further inquiry.
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Gray’s death will be complete by Friday. However, the same media reports are saying the results will not be made immediately public. This is odd considering the surrounding ideology of Baltimore which would be highly favorable to a finding of wrongdoing by the police.
If the investigation revealed police wrongdoing there is nothing in the Baltimore political apparatus which would keep it hidden from public. Ergo, there’s a possibility any report would contain exculpatory information beneficial to the police.
Which brings us to a potential game changing discovery showing up in some social media about Freddie Gray having spinal surgery shortly before the events outlined within the controversial encounter. It must be noted however, that none of this is factually confirmed and we should research further.
The story is in essence:
“Freddie Gray had a pre-existing spinal and neck injury [from a car accident] and had severe damage and scar tissue from an accident that Allstate insurance was paying via a large structured settlement.
Freddie had several unsuccessful spinal fusion surgeries, and his most recent spinal/cervical operation was a week and a half before he was arrested. Freddie should have been at home in bed resting and recovering from this recent major operation.
If you look on Howard County Civil Court records you will find a case whereby Freddie Gray Jr. was trying to cash in his monthly structured Allstate settlement into a lump sum payout through Peachtree funding”.
Another report from The Fourth Estate essentially encapsulates the same story outlined in alternate (social) media:
[…] EXCLUSIVE: The Fourth Estate has learned that Freddy Gray’s life-ending injuries to his spine may have possibly been the result of spinal and neck surgery that he allegedly received a week before he was arrested, not from rough excessively rough treatment or abuse from police.
The Fourth Estate has contacted sources who allege that Freddy Gray received spinal and neck surgery a week before we was arrested, and was allegedly receiving a large structured settlement from Allstate Insurance. The surgery is allegedly related to a car accident in which Gray was involved (more)
Indeed there is a civil tort case in the Circuit Court for Howard County – Civil System listing Freddie Gray Jr. as party to a civil action structured between Peachtree Settlement Funding LLC and Allstate Life Insurance Company. (link)
CASE # 13C14101574 “Freddie Gray Jr” Howard County:
Whether the actual facts -as laid out beyond the settlement claim- are true is unknown. However, any report claiming the above related to a “car accident” seem sketchy at best. In a previous Baltimore Media article the following was noted:
[…] As children, he and his two sisters were found to have
damaging lead levels in their blood, which led to multiple
educational, behavioral and medical problems, according to a
lawsuit they filed in 2008 against the owner of a Sandtown-
Winchester home they rented for four years.
With so much of its housing stock predating laws banning lead in paint, Baltimore continues to wrestle with the after-effects on thousands of children who have inhaled or ingested the toxic metal.
[…] The siblings filed the lawsuit against Stanley Rochkind and
several corporations associated with him. (Originally, the suit
also targeted the owner of another home where the family lived, but that defendant was ultimately dropped.)
Rochkind is well known for owning hundreds of rentals in the city over the years, many of which have drawn lead paint lawsuits. In 2001, he was fined $90,000 by the Maryland Department of the Environment as part of a consent agreement that required him to rid some 480 rental units in Baltimore of lead paint. (link)
What would appear more likely is the Howard County civil action is some kind of request by Freddie Gray and his Sister for a lump sum payment, or changes in relation to the lead paint lawsuit litigants.
Obviously, if Freddie Gray Jr. did FACTUALLY have spinal and neck surgery less than two weeks before his encounter with police resulting in death from a spinal injury – such a revelation would be a game changer.
Perhaps the media will begin to look a little closer at the claim.
Perhaps it is an unfounded and unwarranted claim. However, it is very interesting and deserves further inquiry.
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Freddie Gray's criminal history has now made its way onto the internet. Heavy.com reports
that his criminal history dates from to July 2007 to March 2015. Gray
had a lengthy arrest record with convictions dating back until at least
2007, according to the Maryland Department of Justice.
Not all of the arrests led to convictions, in many of the cases he
pleaded guilty to one charge while the others were dropped. Details of
when he spent time in prison were not immediately available. His arrest
record includes at least 18 arrests:
- • March 20, 2015: Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance
- • March 13, 2015: Malicious destruction of property, second-degree assault
- • January 20, 2015: Fourth-degree burglary, trespassing
- • January 14, 2015: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute
- • December 31, 2014: Possession of narcotics with intent to distribute
- • December 14, 2014: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance
- • August 31, 2014: Illegal gambling, trespassing
- • January 25, 2014: Possession of marijuana
- • September 28, 2013: Distribution of narcotics, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, second-degree assault, second-degree escape
- • April 13, 2012: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, violation of probation
- • July 16, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession with intent to distribute
- • March 28, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance
- • March 14, 2008: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to manufacture and distribute
- • February 11, 2008: Unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of a controlled dangerous substance
- • August 29, 2007: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, violation of probation
- • August 28, 2007: Possession of marijuana
- • August 23, 2007: False statement to a peace officer, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance
- • July 16, 2007: Possession of a controlled dangerous substance with intent to distribute, unlawful possession of a controlled dangerous substance (2 counts)
