A Fall River police officer arrested in Swansea on charges he kicked a woman has retired from the force, Fall River’s police chief confirmed Monday.
While Fall River’s chief did not elaborate on the charges against Lt. Eduardo Raposo, Swansea Police Chief George Arruda said the officer was arrested at 9:30 p.m. last Wednesday night after Swansea police were called to a home on Kensington Court.
Arruda said officers were met in the driveway by a woman who told them Raposo kicked her while he was intoxicated. She also reportedly told officers Raposo had a gun and he was waiving it around. Arruda said Raposo was inside the home and turned over to police a 9mm gun – which was locked in a safe.
Arruda said Swansea police charged Raposo with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm while intoxicated.
Following Raposo’s arrest, Fall River Police Chief Daniel S. Racine said he immediately suspended Raposo’s license to carry a firearm and began the process for a termination hearing.
“To say I am disturbed about this latest incident would be a gross understatement,” Racine said in a statement Monday. “The conduct detailed by the Swansea Police Department is disturbing and will not be tolerated by the Fall River Police Department.”
However, before that termination process played out, Racine said he got word from Fall River’s Retirement Board that on May 15 Raposo retired from the Fall River Police Dept. effective immediately.
Racine said Lt. Raposo, by retiring, removed himself the department’s purview of rules, regulations, and disciplinary procedures.
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Former Officer James Anthony Rodriguez Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault
HOUSTON
A former Houston police officer is charged with aggravated sexual assault after a woman accused him of raping her while he was on patrol.
The Houston Chronicle reports 27-year-old James Anthony Rodriguez also is accused of brandishing a firearm during the Sept. 6 rape.
The incident allegedly occurred during a traffic stop while he worked as a patrol officer.
Police spokesman John Cannon says the victim reported the incident that day and the Houston Police Department immediately began an investigation.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office filed the charge against Rodriguez Dec. 15.
It wasn't immediately clear tonight whether Rodriguez had an attorney and a telephone number for him could not be found.
Rodriguez, who resigned from the police department on Nov. 22, was released on a $40,000 bond.
More Information:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6594211
A former Houston police officer is charged with aggravated sexual assault after a woman accused him of raping her while he was on patrol.
The Houston Chronicle reports 27-year-old James Anthony Rodriguez also is accused of brandishing a firearm during the Sept. 6 rape.
The incident allegedly occurred during a traffic stop while he worked as a patrol officer.
Police spokesman John Cannon says the victim reported the incident that day and the Houston Police Department immediately began an investigation.
The Harris County District Attorney's Office filed the charge against Rodriguez Dec. 15.
It wasn't immediately clear tonight whether Rodriguez had an attorney and a telephone number for him could not be found.
Rodriguez, who resigned from the police department on Nov. 22, was released on a $40,000 bond.
More Information:
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6594211
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Officer Frank White to Stand Trial for Shooting Mother and Son
After a dramatic day of testimony yesterday, a judge ordered a San Diego police officer to stand trial for shooting a mother and her son in an Oceanside parking lot at the culmination of an apparent road rage incident in March.
“I think we expect more from our officers than the conduct that was displayed here,” Judge Joel Pressman said at the end of a nearly daylong preliminary hearing in Vista Superior Court.
Officer Frank White, 28, is charged with one felony count of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm. He faces up to nine years in prison if convicted.
The District Attorney's Office decided to charge White in July. It marked the first time in 13 years that a county law enforcement officer – on or off duty – had been charged for shooting someone while acting under the color of authority.
Authorities say Rachel Silva, 28, cut off and aggressively followed White, who was off-duty, and his wife into a Lowe's parking lot March 15, while revving her engine and yelling at them. After she pulled in front of them in the lot, she backed up toward their car.
Her right mirror hit White's left mirror, and he fired his first shot through the window of his Mercury Milan into the passenger window of her Honda Accord. Silva's son, then 8, was in the passenger seat and was struck in the left leg.
As Silva continued in reverse, the right front of her car hit the left rear of White's car. He shot four more bullets from his .38-caliber revolver through her windshield. She was struck twice in the right arm.
Silva's son, with his father by his side, teared up in court yesterday as he recalled the shooting.
He testified that his mother was upset when she picked him up at a friend's house and later when she followed the car into the parking lot. “My mom was mad at him,” he said. “She was yelling.” In the parking lot, the boy said, he saw a person in the other car pointing a gun at him.
The boy testified that he curled up in his seat when he saw the gun, putting his legs near his face. He said he told his mother, “Momma, he has a gun,” and she called 911.
Later in the hearing, prosecutors played tapes of 911 calls made by Silva and White's wife, Jacquellyn, who is a Carlsbad police dispatcher.
On the call made by Silva, she says, “There's a guy who's pulling a gun on me.” After the shooting, she says it is “some guy, a policeman.” Screams are heard throughout the tape. At one point, Silva tells her son, who sounds hysterical, “Stop! You're OK! You're OK!”
Authorities say Silva had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit and was driving on a suspended license. She faces charges in connection with the incident. She was subpoenaed to appear at White's hearing yesterday, but she asserted her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and didn't testify.
On Jacquellyn White's 911 call, she tells a dispatcher that a silver Honda is “road raging” them, and they don't know why. After the shooting, she tells the dispatcher that her husband has fired his gun.
“Did he hit anybody?” the dispatcher asks.
“I don't know if he hit her,” White's wife responds. She soon says that the other driver has a child in the car.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that White didn't see the child when he opened fire. The car's side windows were tinted, with a darker tint on the rear windows.
On the 911 call made by Jacquellyn White, her husband can be heard after the shooting yelling, “Turn the car off!” and “Police!”
Prosecutor Julie Korsmeyer said the District Attorney's Office “carefully” charged White. “We have someone who overreacted violently in this case.”
White's attorney, Rick Pinckard, said the couple didn't do anything to provoke the confrontation, and Silva assaulted them with her car. “This was clearly a case of self-defense,” Pinckard said.
The state Attorney General's Office has charged Silva with felony child endangerment and five misdemeanors, including drunken driving and driving on a suspended license. Her trial is set for Nov. 18.
“I think we expect more from our officers than the conduct that was displayed here,” Judge Joel Pressman said at the end of a nearly daylong preliminary hearing in Vista Superior Court.
Officer Frank White, 28, is charged with one felony count of grossly negligent discharge of a firearm and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm. He faces up to nine years in prison if convicted.
The District Attorney's Office decided to charge White in July. It marked the first time in 13 years that a county law enforcement officer – on or off duty – had been charged for shooting someone while acting under the color of authority.
Authorities say Rachel Silva, 28, cut off and aggressively followed White, who was off-duty, and his wife into a Lowe's parking lot March 15, while revving her engine and yelling at them. After she pulled in front of them in the lot, she backed up toward their car.
Her right mirror hit White's left mirror, and he fired his first shot through the window of his Mercury Milan into the passenger window of her Honda Accord. Silva's son, then 8, was in the passenger seat and was struck in the left leg.
As Silva continued in reverse, the right front of her car hit the left rear of White's car. He shot four more bullets from his .38-caliber revolver through her windshield. She was struck twice in the right arm.
Silva's son, with his father by his side, teared up in court yesterday as he recalled the shooting.
He testified that his mother was upset when she picked him up at a friend's house and later when she followed the car into the parking lot. “My mom was mad at him,” he said. “She was yelling.” In the parking lot, the boy said, he saw a person in the other car pointing a gun at him.
The boy testified that he curled up in his seat when he saw the gun, putting his legs near his face. He said he told his mother, “Momma, he has a gun,” and she called 911.
Later in the hearing, prosecutors played tapes of 911 calls made by Silva and White's wife, Jacquellyn, who is a Carlsbad police dispatcher.
On the call made by Silva, she says, “There's a guy who's pulling a gun on me.” After the shooting, she says it is “some guy, a policeman.” Screams are heard throughout the tape. At one point, Silva tells her son, who sounds hysterical, “Stop! You're OK! You're OK!”
Authorities say Silva had a blood-alcohol level nearly twice the legal limit and was driving on a suspended license. She faces charges in connection with the incident. She was subpoenaed to appear at White's hearing yesterday, but she asserted her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination and didn't testify.
On Jacquellyn White's 911 call, she tells a dispatcher that a silver Honda is “road raging” them, and they don't know why. After the shooting, she tells the dispatcher that her husband has fired his gun.
“Did he hit anybody?” the dispatcher asks.
“I don't know if he hit her,” White's wife responds. She soon says that the other driver has a child in the car.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys agree that White didn't see the child when he opened fire. The car's side windows were tinted, with a darker tint on the rear windows.
On the 911 call made by Jacquellyn White, her husband can be heard after the shooting yelling, “Turn the car off!” and “Police!”
Prosecutor Julie Korsmeyer said the District Attorney's Office “carefully” charged White. “We have someone who overreacted violently in this case.”
White's attorney, Rick Pinckard, said the couple didn't do anything to provoke the confrontation, and Silva assaulted them with her car. “This was clearly a case of self-defense,” Pinckard said.
The state Attorney General's Office has charged Silva with felony child endangerment and five misdemeanors, including drunken driving and driving on a suspended license. Her trial is set for Nov. 18.
Friday, August 08, 2008
Officer Frank White Charged in Road Rage Shooting
An off-duty San Diego police officer pleaded not guilty July 29 to charges relating to the shooting of a mother and her 8-year-old son in March.
Franklin “Frank” White is charged with one felony count of gross negligent discharge of a firearm with two enhancements for great bodily injury, and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm.
If convicted, he faces up to nine years in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Rachel Silva and her son, Johnny, were shot March 15 after she and White, 28, were involved in a traffic dispute that prompted the off-duty officer to fire five shots into Silva’s car at a home-improvement store parking lot in the 100 block of Old Grove Road in Oceanside, according to court documents.
Before White fired into Silva’s vehicle, striking her twice in the arm and her son twice in the leg, Silva allegedly pursued and struck White’s vehicle, which contained him and his wife, court documents state. Further, Silva allegedly nearly caused a collision with another vehicle just prior to the incident with White.
“Every officer-involved shooting is carefully reviewed by the District Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges should be filed,” District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said in a press release. “Based on the evidence and the law, these charges are appropriate.”
Police Chief William Lansdowne declined to comment on the charges.
White has been placed on unpaid leave pending an internal investigation that could take up to 90 days, said Monica Munoz, a spokeswoman with the San Diego Police Department.
Last month, after reviewing 2,500 pages of documents, including an accident reconstruction report, the state Attorney General’s Office concluded that there was insufficient evidence surrounding the circumstances of Silva striking White’s car to file assault charges against her.
However, because she’d allegedly been driving with a .15 blood alcohol level, the state charged her with child endangerment, driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.
The state Attorney General’s Office took over Silva’s investigation from the San Diego District Attorney’s Office last month after the two agencies met with the Oceanside Police Department, which initially investigated the case.
Silva, who was driving on a suspended license at the time of incident, is currently in a court-ordered rehabilitation center, her attorney Michael Pancer said.
“She’s pleased to see the District Attorney’s office took some action and feels somewhat vindicated,” Pancer said of Silva’s feelings about White being charged.
This is the first time since 1995, when former San Diego Police Officer Christopher Chaney shot a fleeing suspect in the arm and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, that an officer has been charged in connection with an officer-involved shooting, Steve Walker, a spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office, said.
A jury acquitted Chaney after only a few minutes of deliberations, Walker said.
Civil lawsuits have been filed against the San Diego Police Department, Lansdowne and White by Silva and her ex-husband on behalf of their son. In addition to monetary damages, the suit also seeks policy changes for law enforcement personnel of the San Diego Police Department.
Pancer, who’s also representing Silva in her civil case, said he believed the criminal charges against White “impacted the civil claims a great deal.”
Franklin “Frank” White is charged with one felony count of gross negligent discharge of a firearm with two enhancements for great bodily injury, and one misdemeanor count of exhibiting a firearm.
If convicted, he faces up to nine years in prison, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Rachel Silva and her son, Johnny, were shot March 15 after she and White, 28, were involved in a traffic dispute that prompted the off-duty officer to fire five shots into Silva’s car at a home-improvement store parking lot in the 100 block of Old Grove Road in Oceanside, according to court documents.
Before White fired into Silva’s vehicle, striking her twice in the arm and her son twice in the leg, Silva allegedly pursued and struck White’s vehicle, which contained him and his wife, court documents state. Further, Silva allegedly nearly caused a collision with another vehicle just prior to the incident with White.
“Every officer-involved shooting is carefully reviewed by the District Attorney’s Office to determine if criminal charges should be filed,” District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said in a press release. “Based on the evidence and the law, these charges are appropriate.”
Police Chief William Lansdowne declined to comment on the charges.
White has been placed on unpaid leave pending an internal investigation that could take up to 90 days, said Monica Munoz, a spokeswoman with the San Diego Police Department.
Last month, after reviewing 2,500 pages of documents, including an accident reconstruction report, the state Attorney General’s Office concluded that there was insufficient evidence surrounding the circumstances of Silva striking White’s car to file assault charges against her.
However, because she’d allegedly been driving with a .15 blood alcohol level, the state charged her with child endangerment, driving under the influence and possession of marijuana.
The state Attorney General’s Office took over Silva’s investigation from the San Diego District Attorney’s Office last month after the two agencies met with the Oceanside Police Department, which initially investigated the case.
Silva, who was driving on a suspended license at the time of incident, is currently in a court-ordered rehabilitation center, her attorney Michael Pancer said.
“She’s pleased to see the District Attorney’s office took some action and feels somewhat vindicated,” Pancer said of Silva’s feelings about White being charged.
This is the first time since 1995, when former San Diego Police Officer Christopher Chaney shot a fleeing suspect in the arm and was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, that an officer has been charged in connection with an officer-involved shooting, Steve Walker, a spokesman for the District Attorney’s Office, said.
A jury acquitted Chaney after only a few minutes of deliberations, Walker said.
Civil lawsuits have been filed against the San Diego Police Department, Lansdowne and White by Silva and her ex-husband on behalf of their son. In addition to monetary damages, the suit also seeks policy changes for law enforcement personnel of the San Diego Police Department.
Pancer, who’s also representing Silva in her civil case, said he believed the criminal charges against White “impacted the civil claims a great deal.”
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