Bay Area cop charged with masturbating in entrance of family throughout domestic violence name

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

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

An unidentified particular person whose family put a domestic violence restraining order in opposition to him had allegedly violated the order and was at the family’s residence, in keeping with an announcement of information offered by the District Attorney’s Workplace.

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

Dominguez began the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took interest in her and continued to interact nearly solely along with her,” the assertion read.

After she gave the officer a possible location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the opposite two officers to conduct the search. Whereas he “milled across the home,” in keeping with the statement, “he managed to keep the daughter in view of his Physique Worn Digital camera.”

The daughter then asked Dominguez about her brother’s GPS monitor, which they — and Ms. S, the mom — went to retrieve together. 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 mother a glass of water. Dominguez allegedly followed her into the kitchen.

As he circled to face Ms. S, she “noticed Officer Dominguez’s penis exterior of his pants totally exposed,” the statement read.

The mom and daughter then went to find Mr. A, the father, they usually called an uncle who was close to the scene.

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

“The charged conduct is past disturbing,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen mentioned. “Legislation enforcement officers reply to our homes 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 throughout the investigation, tipping off an FBI agent on the scene, KRON reported.

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