A man who is serving a life sentence for the killing of a Baltimore Police detective is expected to be indicted Tuesday in connection with an alleged scheme to get out of prison, according to the City State's Attorney's Office.

Brandon Grimes was convicted of killing Detective Troy Chesley in 2007 and was ultimately sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Chesley died during a robbery while he was off duty, but he managed to shoot Grimes during the encounter.

Alleged fraud scheme

In mid-October, WJZ obtained charging documents that alleged Grimes faked a ballistics report in an attempt to show that he did not commit Chesley's murder. According to prosecutors, Grimes aimed to get paid nearly $1 million for being wrongly convicted.

In 2024, he filed a petition for a writ

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