POSTED
BY CHRIS JENNEWEIN
Prosecutors
declined to file criminal charges Monday against a San Diego police officer
arrested twice in the past month on suspicion of battering his wife.
Gilbert
Lorenzo, 31, was suspended last month for allegedly battering his wife in La
Mesa and was re-arrested last week on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury on
his spouse.
San
Diego police officer Gilbert Lorenzo. Screen capture from KFMB broadcast
Tuesday
Lorenzo,
a seven-year SDPD veteran, was booked into jail at 11:18 p.m. on May 5,
according to the sheriff’s online jail records. He was seen exiting the jail
and getting into a taxi around 6 a.m. the next day after posting $50,000 bail.
Lorenzo,
who is assigned to the SDPD Northern Division, was initially arrested by La
Mesa police April 22 on suspicion of felony domestic battery and quickly posted
$50,000 bail.
A
spokeswoman for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Tanya Sierra,
said her office can only file charges if prosecutors believe they can prove a
case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Sierra
said the decision against filing charges against Lorenzo came after a thorough
review of the case.
Lorenzo,
his wife and their young children live in La Mesa. Following the alleged
battery incident in April, Lorenzo’s 24-year-old wife, who did not require
hospital treatment, came to his defense, saying he should not have been
arrested.
SDPD
Chief Shelley Zimmerman said someone alerted her department to the alleged
battery incident in April and the case was quickly turned over to La Mesa
police because that’s where the crime allegedly occurred.
Around
2:30 a.m. on May 6, Lorenzo’s wife,
Tanya, posted on her Facebook page, “Dear beautiful daughters next to me, your
my purpose for thriving … us three can take on the world.”
Gilbert
Lorenzo, 31, was suspended last month for allegedly battering his wife in La
Mesa and was re-arrested last week on suspicion of inflicting corporal injury
on his spouse.
Lorenzo,
a seven-year SDPD veteran, was booked into jail at 11:18 p.m. on May 5,
according to the sheriff’s online jail records. He was seen exiting the jail
and getting into a taxi around 6 a.m. the next day after posting $50,000 bail.
Lorenzo,
who is assigned to the SDPD Northern Division, was initially arrested by La
Mesa police April 22 on suspicion of felony domestic battery and quickly posted
$50,000 bail.
A
spokeswoman for the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office, Tanya Sierra,
said her office can only file charges if prosecutors believe they can prove a
case beyond a reasonable doubt.
Sierra
said the decision against filing charges against Lorenzo came after a thorough
review of the case.
Lorenzo,
his wife and their young children live in La Mesa. Following the alleged
battery incident in April, Lorenzo’s 24-year-old wife, who did not require
hospital treatment, came to his defense, saying he should not have been
arrested.
SDPD
Chief Shelley Zimmerman said someone alerted her department to the alleged
battery incident in April and the case was quickly turned over to La Mesa
police because that’s where the crime allegedly occurred.
Around
2:30 a.m. on May 6, Lorenzo’s wife,
Tanya, posted on her Facebook page, “Dear beautiful daughters next to me, your
my purpose for thriving … us three can take on the world.”