Bay Space cop charged with masturbating in entrance of family throughout home violence name

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

The Santa Clara County District Legal professional’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 individual whose family put a domestic violence restraining order towards him had allegedly violated the order and was at the household’s home, in response to a press release of details provided by the District Attorney’s Workplace.

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

Dominguez started the investigation by speaking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took interest in her and continued to interact virtually exclusively along with her,” the statement read.

After she gave the officer a possible location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. While he “milled across the residence,” based on the statement, “he managed to maintain the daughter in view of his Body Worn Digital camera.”

The daughter then asked Dominguez about her brother’s GPS monitor, which they — and Ms. S, the mother — 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 turned around to face Ms. S, she “saw Officer Dominguez’s penis exterior of his pants totally exposed,” the statement read.

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

When Mr. A returned into the kitchen, he “noticed Officer Dominguez going through out of the kitchen together 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 back to work.

“The charged conduct is past disturbing,” District Legal professional Jeff Rosen stated. “Regulation enforcement officers reply to our houses to assist crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This is not the first misconduct incident within 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 go away following the incident, the District Lawyer’s Office said. His arraignment is scheduled for June 22.