Post by Shuftin on Aug 9, 2006 2:38:48 GMT -5
August 8th, 2006
DALY CITY -- A police officer faces felony assault charges after a colleague reported that he put his service gun to the head of a 20-year-old man in an effort to elicit information about an automobile theft, the Daly City Police Department reported.
San Mateo County prosecutors charged Alfonso Esqueda III, 32, last week with assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a weapon and assault under the color of authority, all felonies.
Esqueda, who joined the Daly City force in September after working as a police officer in Long Beach, turned himself in Friday after authorities obtained a warrant for his arrest. He posted $100,000 bail and was released. He had been placed on unpaid leave during an internal probe by the Police Department.
An investigation by Daly City police and the San Mateo County district attorney found Esqueda used excessive force during the July 29 incident.
After allegedly holding the gun to the victim's head, he "drove the victim to another area in an effort to look for stolen vehicles," Daly City police Sgt. Carol Sloane said in a news release. "The victim was later released uninjured."
A second officer saw the alleged assault and reported it to a superior, Sloane said.
DALY CITY -- A police officer faces felony assault charges after a colleague reported that he put his service gun to the head of a 20-year-old man in an effort to elicit information about an automobile theft, the Daly City Police Department reported.
San Mateo County prosecutors charged Alfonso Esqueda III, 32, last week with assault with a deadly weapon, brandishing a weapon and assault under the color of authority, all felonies.
Esqueda, who joined the Daly City force in September after working as a police officer in Long Beach, turned himself in Friday after authorities obtained a warrant for his arrest. He posted $100,000 bail and was released. He had been placed on unpaid leave during an internal probe by the Police Department.
An investigation by Daly City police and the San Mateo County district attorney found Esqueda used excessive force during the July 29 incident.
After allegedly holding the gun to the victim's head, he "drove the victim to another area in an effort to look for stolen vehicles," Daly City police Sgt. Carol Sloane said in a news release. "The victim was later released uninjured."
A second officer saw the alleged assault and reported it to a superior, Sloane said.