COURT DISMISSES CASES, REBUKES 'DECEITFUL' POLICE.Byline: Nicholas Grudin Staff Writer GLENDALE - Misdemeanor cases of disturbing the peace and resisting arrest resisting arrest n. the crime of using physical force (no matter how slight in the eyes of most law enforcement officers) to prevent arrest, handcuffing and/or taking the accused to jail. were dismissed Thursday by a court commissioner who rapped a ``deceitful'' Glendale Police Department for withholding evidence. Glendale Court Commissioner Steve Lubell threw out allegations against four men - Gilbert Rios, Alner Bran, Porfiro Baca and Jason Taylor Jason Taylor may refer to:
``The commissioner wanted to send a clear message that the Police Department cannot do what they did,'' said Public Defender public defender, governmental official who represents indigent persons accused of crime. U.S. Supreme Court decisions expanding the right to counsel to pretrial proceedings and holding that a person cannot be sentenced to even one day in jail unless a lawyer was Julia Dixon. Last week, Lubell ruled that police had failed to turn over information that Glendale Sgt. Fran Judge was accused of rape by a fellow officer - allegations now contained within a civil sexual harassment sexual harassment, in law, verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature, aimed at a particular person or group of people, especially in the workplace or in academic or other institutional settings, that is actionable, as in tort or under equal-opportunity statutes. suit. Judge was the arresting officer in the case against Bran, and Dixon had been inquiring about the officer's record of using excessive force. The rape allegations, Dixon argued, were relevant to her case, but Glendale record custodians failed to include the files. City Attorney Scott Howard Scott Howard sings baritone with the Southern Gospel Quartet Legacy Five. He has been with the group since its inception in 2000. External Links Legacy Five's Homepage , representing the Police Department, claimed the rape allegations were not related to excessive force, and that their omission was unintentional. ``What the judge did today was a disservice dis·ser·vice n. A harmful action; an injury. disservice Noun a harmful action Noun 1. to the department and the community,'' Howard said. ``The ruling was incorrect and does not reflect the truth of what happened.'' Defense attorney Steve Escovar - who was representing Rios - said the Police Department's failure to disclose information to the court was deeply disturbing. ``An allegation of rape against Sgt. Judge definitely constitutes excessive force,'' Escovar said. ``The custom at the Glendale Police Department is that the custodian of records protects his colleagues from their relevant past complaints. ``The police have to respect the authority of the court.'' |
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