Bay Space cop charged with masturbating in entrance of household throughout home violence call

A Bay Area police officer has been charged with masturbating in entrance of a household that called police throughout a fraught domestic 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 individual whose household put a home violence restraining order towards him had allegedly violated the order and was at the household’s house, in line with a statement of information supplied by the District Legal professional’s Workplace.

The mother, recognized in the statement as Ms. S, the father, Mr. A, and their 23-year-old daughter known as police. Dominguez and two different 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 interest in her and continued to work together nearly exclusively together with her,” the assertion learn.

After she gave the officer a doable location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. Whereas he “milled across the dwelling,” 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 mother — went to retrieve collectively. After Dominguez was handed the monitor, the mom 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 mom a glass of water. Dominguez allegedly adopted her into the kitchen.

As he turned around to face Ms. S, she “saw Officer Dominguez’s penis outdoors of his pants totally exposed,” the statement read.

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

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “noticed Officer Dominguez dealing with out of the kitchen together 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 behavior is past disturbing,” District Lawyer Jeff Rosen stated. “Law enforcement officers respond to our homes 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 at the scene, KRON reported.

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