Bay Area cop charged with masturbating in front of household throughout domestic violence call

A Bay Area police officer has been charged with masturbating in entrance of a family that referred to as police throughout a fraught home violence call.

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

An unidentified individual whose family put a home violence restraining order towards him had allegedly violated the order and was on the household’s home, in keeping with a statement of details provided by the District Attorney’s Office.

The mom, recognized in the statement as Ms. S, the daddy, Mr. A, and their 23-year-old daughter known as police. Dominguez and two different officers arrived at the scene, with the previous taking the “lead investigative position,” per the assertion.

Dominguez started the investigation by speaking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took interest in her and continued to work together virtually solely together with her,” the statement read.

After she gave the officer a doable location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. While he “milled around the residence,” in line with the assertion, “he managed to maintain the daughter in view of his Physique Worn Digital camera.”

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

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

As he rotated to face Ms. S, she “noticed Officer Dominguez’s penis outside of his pants totally uncovered,” the assertion read.

The mother and daughter then went to find Mr. A, the daddy, they usually known as an uncle who was near the scene.

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

“The charged behavior is past disturbing,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen mentioned. “Law enforcement officers reply to our homes to assist crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

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

Dominguez is on administrative leave following the incident, the District Attorney’s Workplace mentioned. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.