Criminal charges were dismissed Monday against two of three Los Angeles police officers accused of falsifying records that claimed people they had stopped were gang members or gang associates, after a judge earlier this year dismissed similar charges against three other officers.
The defense lawyer said his client -- who is on paid administrative leave -- passed a polygraph test in which he was asked about the field information cards. Weimortz said he did not believe that the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office would be refiling the case against Martinez.
Coblentz's current status with the LAPD was not immediately available, nor was the status of another officer, Braxton Shaw, 39, whose criminal case is still pending. A date is scheduled to be set June 2 for a hearing to determine whether there is enough evidence to allow the case against Shaw to proceed to trial.
Coblentz, Martinez and Shaw were charged in July 2020 with conspiracy to obstruct justice, filing a false police report and preparing false documentary evidence. Shortly after the case against Coblentz, Martinez and Shaw was filed, the LAPD said the charges stemmed from a "misconduct investigation conducted by the Los Angeles Police Department's Internal Affairs Group and monitored by the Office of the Inspector General.
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