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

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

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

An unidentified particular person whose household put a home violence restraining order against him had allegedly violated the order and was on the household’s residence, in accordance with an announcement of info provided by the District Attorney’s Workplace.

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

Dominguez started the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took curiosity in her and continued to work together almost exclusively with her,” the statement read.

After she gave the officer a potential location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. Whereas 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 collectively. After Dominguez was handed the monitor, the mother alleged that Dominguez unzipped his pants and began 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 adopted her into the kitchen.

As he rotated to face Ms. S, she “saw Officer Dominguez’s penis exterior of his pants absolutely exposed,” the assertion learn.

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

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “saw Officer Dominguez going through out of the kitchen 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 habits is past disturbing,” District Legal professional 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 first misconduct incident throughout 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 leave following the incident, the District Lawyer’s Workplace said. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.