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

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 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 particular person whose family put a domestic violence restraining order in opposition to him had allegedly violated the order and was on the household’s residence, in accordance with an announcement of information offered by the District Legal professional’s Workplace.

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

Dominguez began the investigation by talking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took curiosity in her and continued to interact almost solely together with her,” the assertion 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 house,” according to the statement, “he managed to keep the daughter in view of his Physique 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 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 circled to face Ms. S, she “saw Officer Dominguez’s penis outside of his pants fully exposed,” the assertion learn.

The mother and daughter then went to search out Mr. A, the daddy, 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 with his erect penis in his left hand and his right 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 conduct is past disturbing,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. “Law enforcement officers reply to our homes to help crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This isn't the primary misconduct incident inside 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 Attorney’s Office mentioned. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.