Bay Space cop charged with masturbating in front of household during home violence call

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

The Santa Clara County District Lawyer’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 household put a home violence restraining order against him had allegedly violated the order and was at the family’s residence, based on an announcement of information supplied by the District Lawyer’s Office.

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

Dominguez began the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took interest in her and continued to interact virtually completely along with her,” the assertion 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 home,” in line with the statement, “he managed to keep 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 mom — went to retrieve together. After Dominguez was handed the monitor, the mom 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 mother a glass of water. Dominguez allegedly followed her into the kitchen.

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

The mother and daughter then went to search out Mr. A, the father, and so they called an uncle who was close to 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 proper hand on the counter.” Mr. A left the house; a couple of minutes minutes later, Dominguez allegedly left and went back to work.

“The charged habits is past disturbing,” District Lawyer Jeff Rosen mentioned. “Law enforcement officers reply to our houses to help crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This is not the first misconduct incident inside the past month involving San Jose police. An officer investigating the kidnapping of 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar was allegedly drunk during 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 Office said. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.