Bay Area cop charged with masturbating in front of household during home violence name

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

The Santa Clara County District Lawyer’s Office has charged Matthew Dominguez, 32, with a misdemeanor indecent exposure after responding to a restraining order name 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 on the family’s home, according to a statement of details supplied by the District Lawyer’s Office.

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

Dominguez started the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took interest in her and continued to interact virtually solely along with her,” the statement learn.

After she gave the officer a possible location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the opposite two officers to conduct the search. Whereas he “milled across the residence,” in response to the assertion, “he managed to maintain the daughter in view of his Body Worn Digicam.”

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 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 exterior of his pants fully exposed,” the statement read.

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

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “noticed Officer Dominguez dealing with out of the kitchen 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 back to work.

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

This is not the primary misconduct incident throughout the previous 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 at the scene, KRON reported.

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