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

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

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 night of April 21.

An unidentified individual whose family put a home violence restraining order towards him had allegedly violated the order and was on the household’s house, in keeping with a statement of facts supplied by the District Legal professional’s Workplace.

The mom, identified in the assertion as Ms. S, the father, Mr. A, and their 23-year-old daughter known as police. Dominguez and two other officers arrived on the scene, with the previous taking the “lead investigative role,” per the assertion.

Dominguez began the investigation by speaking to the daughter.

“Officer Dominguez took curiosity in her and continued to work together nearly completely along with her,” the assertion read.

After she gave the officer a possible location, Dominguez allegedly ordered the other two officers to conduct the search. Whereas he “milled across the home,” based on the assertion, “he managed to maintain the daughter in view of his Physique Worn Camera.”

The daughter then requested 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 mother alleged that Dominguez unzipped his pants and began rubbing his crotch. The daughter also 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 rotated to face Ms. S, she “saw Officer Dominguez’s penis outdoors of his pants totally uncovered,” the statement read.

The mom and daughter then went to find Mr. A, the daddy, they usually 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 along 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 again to work.

“The charged habits is beyond disturbing,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen stated. “Legislation enforcement officers reply to our properties to assist crime victims, not terrorize, traumatize, and create new victims.”

This is not the primary misconduct incident within the previous month involving San Jose police. An officer investigating the kidnapping of 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar was allegedly drunk throughout the investigation, tipping off an FBI agent on the scene, KRON reported.

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