Bay Area cop charged with masturbating in front of family throughout domestic violence call

A Bay Space police officer has been charged with masturbating in entrance of a family that called police throughout a fraught domestic violence call.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office 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 individual whose household put a home violence restraining order against him had allegedly violated the order and was on the household’s house, based on an announcement of information provided by the District Legal professional’s Workplace.

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 on the scene, with the former taking the “lead investigative position,” per the statement.

Dominguez started the investigation by speaking to the daughter.

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

After she gave the officer a attainable location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. Whereas he “milled around the residence,” in line with the assertion, “he managed to keep 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 mom — went to retrieve together. After Dominguez was handed the monitor, the mother 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 adopted 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 learn.

The mom and daughter then went to find Mr. A, the daddy, and so they known as an uncle who was near the scene.

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “saw Officer Dominguez dealing with out of the kitchen along with his erect penis in his left hand and his right hand on the counter.” Mr. A left the home; a few minutes minutes later, Dominguez allegedly left and went back to work.

“The charged habits is past disturbing,” District Lawyer Jeff Rosen stated. “Regulation enforcement officers respond to our properties to help crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This is not the first misconduct incident inside the previous 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 at the scene, KRON reported.

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