Bay Space cop charged with masturbating in entrance of family during home violence call

A Bay Area police officer has been charged with masturbating in entrance of a household that called police during a fraught home violence name.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has charged Matthew Dominguez, 32, with a misdemeanor indecent publicity after responding to a restraining order call on the evening of April 21.

An unidentified particular person whose family put a home violence restraining order towards him had allegedly violated the order and was at the household’s home, in line with a statement of details supplied by the District Attorney’s Office.

The mom, identified within the assertion as Ms. S, the father, Mr. A, and their 23-year-old daughter called police. Dominguez and two other officers arrived on the scene, with the previous taking the “lead investigative role,” per the assertion.

Dominguez began the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took curiosity in her and continued to interact virtually solely with her,” the assertion read.

After she gave the officer a doable location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the opposite two officers to conduct the search. While he “milled around the home,” in accordance with the assertion, “he managed to maintain the daughter in view of his Body Worn Digicam.”

The daughter then asked Dominguez about her brother’s GPS monitor, which they — and Ms. S, the mother — went to retrieve together. After Dominguez was handed the monitor, the mother alleged that Dominguez unzipped his pants and commenced rubbing his crotch. The daughter additionally allegedly witnessed this.

Later, the daughter went into the kitchen to get her mom a glass of water. Dominguez allegedly adopted her into the kitchen.

As he turned around to face Ms. S, she “noticed Officer Dominguez’s penis outside of his pants absolutely uncovered,” the statement learn.

The mother and daughter then went to seek out Mr. A, the father, and so they referred to as an uncle who was near the scene.

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “noticed Officer Dominguez going through out of the kitchen together with his erect penis in his left hand and his right hand on the counter.” Mr. A left the house; a few minutes minutes later, Dominguez allegedly left and went again to work.

“The charged conduct is beyond disturbing,” District Legal professional Jeff Rosen said. “Law enforcement officers respond to our homes to help crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This is not the primary misconduct incident inside the past month involving San Jose police. An officer investigating the kidnapping of 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar was allegedly drunk in the course of the investigation, tipping off an FBI agent on the scene, KRON reported.

Dominguez is on administrative go away following the incident, the District Lawyer’s Workplace stated. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.