{"id":34726,"date":"2013-04-12T18:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T01:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.57.196.122\/~gdatwofo\/theavtimes\/?p=34726"},"modified":"2013-04-12T18:08:53","modified_gmt":"2013-04-13T01:08:53","slug":"deputy-charged-with-assaulting-teen-inmate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/04\/12\/deputy-charged-with-assaulting-teen-inmate\/","title":{"rendered":"Deputy charged with assaulting teen inmate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34727\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Patrol-car-file.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34727\" alt=\"Deputy Funicello is accused of striking an inmate with his fists in the back seat of a patrol car on July 22, 2011.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theavtimes.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Patrol-car-file-300x274.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Patrol-car-file-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Patrol-car-file.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Funicello is accused of striking an inmate with his fists in the back seat of a patrol car on July 22, 2011.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 A deputy accused of beating a 19-year-old inmate in a patrol car as the teen was being transported from the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station has been charged with felony assault, authorities announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy <strong>Matthew John Funicello<\/strong>, 31, is charged with one count of assault under the color of authority, according to the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The charges were filed Thursday and Funicello was arrested around 6:50 p.m. that day and booked at the Crescenta Valley Station; he was released less than an hour later on $35,000 bail, according to LASD inmate records.<\/p>\n<p>Funicello is accused of punching \u00a0a 19-year-old inmate several times in the face and torso as the inmate was in the back seat of a patrol car being transported from the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown Los Angeles. The alleged assault occurred on July 22, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-deputy-arrested-20130412,0,917544.story\" target=\"_blank\">published reports<\/a>, the inmate is\u00a0<strong>Dewayne Wright<\/strong>, and the investigation was initiated after a citizen complaint.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Funicello was placed on paid leave shortly after the alleged beating, and he continued to receive pay until Thursday when he was charged, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/Deputy-Charged-With-Beating-Teenage-Inmate-Prosecutors-202777691.html\" target=\"_blank\">NBC Los Angeles reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Funicello is scheduled to be arraigned on May 20 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Department 30.<\/p>\n<p>If convicted, Funicello faces up to three years in county jail.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u2013 A deputy accused of beating a 19-year-old inmate in a patrol car as the teen was being transported from the Palmdale Sheriff\u2019s Station has been charged with felony assault, authorities announced Friday. Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s deputy Matthew John Funicello, 31, is charged with one count of assault under the color of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34726\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}