Nail also asserted that Jimenez Lopez struck him in the head. Mazariegos and Nail both filed police reports stating that Jimenez Lopez placed Nail in a headlock. Ironically, Jimenez Lopez was arrested and faced charges of a felony, obstructing and resisting an officer, and three misdemeanors, including battery on an officer. Jimenez Lopez suffered injuries including a broken nose, a torn labrum in his shoulder and a concussion. The officers violently assaulted Julio Jimenez Lopez, who the media has previously referred to as “Mateo,” after he stood to retrieve his identification. Under direction from Mazariegos, the men sat on the sidewalk while she questioned them. The use of force incident took place on July 27, after Mazariegos approached three Latinx men who had open containers of beer on Windward Way in the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael. “I’m prohibited from commenting because of confidentiality laws involving police administration investigations and the police officer bill of rights,” San Rafael Police Sgt. The police have remained mum on the reasons behind the departures of the former officers. Nail left the employment of the San Rafael Police Department on Wednesday, while Mazariegos, who was still on her probationary period, separated from the department on May 15, about two weeks after the conclusion of an independent investigation into the use of force incident.
“After a thorough review of the evidence, which included body-worn camera footage, eyewitness accounts, medical records, and reports from the San Rafael Police Department, my office has concluded there is sufficient evidence to prove these charges beyond a reasonable doubt,” Frugoli said in a statement. View the DA’s criminal complaint against Mazariegos and Nail here. View the police reports with alleged false statements here. The DA’s criminal complaint states that each officer “personally inflicted great bodily injury” upon the victim. Marin County District Attorney Lori Frugoli filed criminal charges today against two former San Rafael police officers who beat and bloodied a man during questioning about an open container of beer.īrandon Nail and Daisy Mazariegos were both charged with two felonies, including assault under color of authority and making false statements in a crime report.
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