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NorCal police agency arrests two of its own in two days
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A Northern California police department arrested two of its own in as many days this week.
The Sacramento Police Department announced the arrests of the officers for separate allegations of domestic violence and filing false police reports.
Officer Justin David Shepard was arrested Friday, one day after his department said it was notified of a week-old domestic violence incident that left a victim with visible injuries in Natomas.
In a press release, the department said the incident occurred while Shepard was off-duty and that the victim wasn’t hospitalized. The department cited victim privacy in withholding additional details, but said Shepard, 30, was arrested on charges of felony domestic violence.
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By - Associated Press - Friday, May 7, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - A Sacramento police officer was arrested Friday on suspicion of domestic violence and making a threat with a gun, authorities said.
Justin Shepard, 30, was also booked into jail on suspicion of false imprisonment, corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and making criminal threats against a victim of death or great bodily injury, according to jail records cited by the Sacramento Bee.
The Police Department was notified on Thursday of the domestic violence incident, which occurred about a week earlier in the Natomas area while Shepard was off duty, according to a Police Department statement.
Sacramento police officer arrested following domestic violence incident
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A Sacramento police officer was arrested Friday on suspicion of domestic violence and making a threat with a gun, authorities said.
Justin Shepard, 30, was also booked into jail on suspicion of false imprisonment, corporal injury on a spouse or cohabitant and making criminal threats against a victim of death or great bodily injury, according to jail records cited by the Sacramento Bee.
The Police Department was notified on Thursday of the domestic violence incident, which occurred about a week earlier in the Natomas area while Shepard was off duty, according to a Police Department statement.