Post by Origanalist on Sept 24, 2014 5:26:37 GMT -8
Walnut Creek cop enters pleas to two felonies
By Gary Peterson Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek Police officer Gregory Thompson walks into a courtroom to enter a plea in Superior Court in Martinez, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Thompson is suspected of attacking a woman with a baseball bat last month in Richmond. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SUSAN TRIPP POLLARD )
Thompson, a Martinez resident, was arrested Aug. 16 around 2 a.m. after officers responded to reports of a screaming woman and a bat-wielding masked man in the 4000 block of Clinton Avenue. Thompson identified himself as a police officer, Richmond police Capt. Bisa French said, and while he was talking to police, the victim came out of the bushes where she had been hiding. She told police she ran out of gas and was walking for assistance when the attack happened.
Gregory Thompson, out of custody and wearing a light-brown suit, pleaded no contest to felony assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and felony vandalism, and admitted to a firearm enhancement. After the hearing, Thompson, 53, raced from the courthouse with a phone held against his ear and got into a waiting vehicle without responding to any questions.
Prosecutor Barry Grove said his office would recommend Thompson, a 30-year veteran of the Walnut Creek Police Department, be sentenced to one year in County Jail but that a judge could impose as many as five years in state prison -- though such a harsh penalty would be "unlikely," Grove said.
"To his credit," Grove said, "he admitted guilt early. Hopefully, he can get on with the rest of his life."
full story here....www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26491056/walnut-creek-cop-suspected-attacking-woman-bat-charged
I guess he didn't have time to change into his super hero uniform....so he had to just put on a mask.
By Gary Peterson Contra Costa Times
Walnut Creek Police officer Gregory Thompson walks into a courtroom to enter a plea in Superior Court in Martinez, Calif., on Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. Thompson is suspected of attacking a woman with a baseball bat last month in Richmond. (Susan Tripp Pollard/Bay Area News Group) ( SUSAN TRIPP POLLARD )
Thompson, a Martinez resident, was arrested Aug. 16 around 2 a.m. after officers responded to reports of a screaming woman and a bat-wielding masked man in the 4000 block of Clinton Avenue. Thompson identified himself as a police officer, Richmond police Capt. Bisa French said, and while he was talking to police, the victim came out of the bushes where she had been hiding. She told police she ran out of gas and was walking for assistance when the attack happened.
Gregory Thompson, out of custody and wearing a light-brown suit, pleaded no contest to felony assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and felony vandalism, and admitted to a firearm enhancement. After the hearing, Thompson, 53, raced from the courthouse with a phone held against his ear and got into a waiting vehicle without responding to any questions.
Prosecutor Barry Grove said his office would recommend Thompson, a 30-year veteran of the Walnut Creek Police Department, be sentenced to one year in County Jail but that a judge could impose as many as five years in state prison -- though such a harsh penalty would be "unlikely," Grove said.
"To his credit," Grove said, "he admitted guilt early. Hopefully, he can get on with the rest of his life."
full story here....www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26491056/walnut-creek-cop-suspected-attacking-woman-bat-charged
I guess he didn't have time to change into his super hero uniform....so he had to just put on a mask.