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Five pounds of Marijuana were recovered from a Richmond police officer’s home at the start of this year, but the authorities said that they won’t press charges against his crime.
It is reported that the veteran K-9 police officer, Joe Avila, who has been serving in the police force for 17 years, is being investigated by the Richmond Police Force (RPF) since January. However, he is currently on administrative leave since September 2014, since his case has been put on hold.
Earlier this year, this case came to an attention of the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office where the Chief Public Defender, Robin Lipetzky, said that the office has been investigating the discovery of this case, but probably no charges will be filed. He further said that this decision is made on the basis of not having strong enough evidence to produce a conviction.
It was stated in a search warrant affidavit that the police officer collected a marijuana box from a UPS store in November 2013. He talked to a dispatcher on a radio saying he’d file a report against the incident later. It was mentioned in an affidavit that he never placed 5 pounds of marijuana in an evidence locker and failed to fill out a report. This is when RPF suspected that Avila had not filed any follow up reports of 37 calls of service he went to.
Lipetzky also said, “They are cutting him some slack because he’s a police officer. Anybody else found with 5 pounds of marijuana in their possession, I don’t care who that is, that person is going to be charged with a crime.”
At another point, Lipetzky said, “The DA’s office is taking the position that this officer did nothing wrong. And because they think he did nothing wrong, they are not turning over any information. They have a vested interest in not having an officer’s credibility called into question, because then it impacts all the cases they are trying to prosecute.”
Avila says that he used two lbs of marijuana for the training of his dog, but he didn’t say anything about the remaining 3 lbs. Deputy Public Defender, Elise McNamara, who is also associated with this case as a defendant, said that Avila’s act is an ethics violation. He further said, “They have a constitutional mandate to disclose exculpatory evidence to us prior to a trial. If there is an officer on the case who has been discredited, then we have the right to know that.”
Five pounds of Marijuana were recovered from a Richmond police officer’s home at the start of this year, but the authorities said that they won’t press charges against his crime.
It is reported that the veteran K-9 police officer, Joe Avila, who has been serving in the police force for 17 years, is being investigated by the Richmond Police Force (RPF) since January. However, he is currently on administrative leave since September 2014, since his case has been put on hold.
Earlier this year, this case came to an attention of the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s office where the Chief Public Defender, Robin Lipetzky, said that the office has been investigating the discovery of this case, but probably no charges will be filed. He further said that this decision is made on the basis of not having strong enough evidence to produce a conviction.
It was stated in a search warrant affidavit that the police officer collected a marijuana box from a UPS store in November 2013. He talked to a dispatcher on a radio saying he’d file a report against the incident later. It was mentioned in an affidavit that he never placed 5 pounds of marijuana in an evidence locker and failed to fill out a report. This is when RPF suspected that Avila had not filed any follow up reports of 37 calls of service he went to.
Lipetzky also said, “They are cutting him some slack because he’s a police officer. Anybody else found with 5 pounds of marijuana in their possession, I don’t care who that is, that person is going to be charged with a crime.”
At another point, Lipetzky said, “The DA’s office is taking the position that this officer did nothing wrong. And because they think he did nothing wrong, they are not turning over any information. They have a vested interest in not having an officer’s credibility called into question, because then it impacts all the cases they are trying to prosecute.”
Avila says that he used two lbs of marijuana for the training of his dog, but he didn’t say anything about the remaining 3 lbs. Deputy Public Defender, Elise McNamara, who is also associated with this case as a defendant, said that Avila’s act is an ethics violation. He further said, “They have a constitutional mandate to disclose exculpatory evidence to us prior to a trial. If there is an officer on the case who has been discredited, then we have the right to know that.”
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