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Retired Palo Alto police sergeant Wayne Benitez charged with assault

October 6, 2020 2:50 pm

By the Daily Post staff Retired Palo Alto police sergeant Wayne Benitez was charged today with the assault of a man at the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park that was […]

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DA to decide soon on whether to charge retired Palo Alto cop

July 24, 2020 7:30 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said Wednesday (July 22) he will decide soon whether to charge retired Palo Alto police Sgt. […]

Palo Alto

DA won’t charge ex-cop in videotaped beating

June 14, 2020 2:34 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen will not bring criminal charges against former Palo Alto Sgt. Wayne Benitez, who was caught on […]

Palo Alto

FBI reportedly investigating Palo Alto police beating caught on video

June 13, 2020 12:01 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The FBI has reportedly opened an investigation into the 2018 Palo Alto police beating at the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, where video […]

Opinion

Opinion: Council not using tool to rein in police

December 6, 2019 7:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Altans have reason to be concerned about a series of cases accusing the city’s police officers. • On Nov. 18, City Council […]

Tom DeStefano, right, puts his hand out to former Palo Alto police officer Marcus Barbour in this 2014 photo posted on social media by the Palo Alto Police Department.
Palo Alto

City paid $250,000 to settle 2013 brutality suit against cop who has now been accused again

November 30, 2019 2:03 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s Tom DeStefano, who was just named in a $3.8 million police brutality claim, was one of the officers […]

Palo Alto

Police hit with new brutality claim

November 27, 2019 7:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto just settled a $572,500 police brutality claim, and now it is facing another one. Julio Arevalo has filed a claim for […]

Palo Alto

Man who got $572,500 settlement over police beating has been arrested for burglary

November 26, 2019 4:14 pm

This story originally appeared in Tuesday’s print edition of the Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints wind up on this website. To get all of […]

Palo Alto

Former police sergeant must apologize to beating victim

November 25, 2019 6:30 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez, who slammed a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident on the hood of a car and […]

Palo Alto

City to pay $572,500 to settle suit over police beating caught on video

November 20, 2019 12:01 pm

By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay $572,500 to a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident who was beaten by a Palo Alto […]

Palo Alto

City may settle suit accusing police of a botched arrest and Islamophobia

August 9, 2019 6:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Aug. 12) will review and possibly approve an out-of-court settlement with a man who alleged the police […]

Palo Alto

DA considering whether to open an investigation into police assault allegations

August 8, 2019 6:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is gathering information to decide if it will open an investigation into Palo Alto police Sgt. […]

Palo Alto

Video released of Palo Alto police beating — ‘So you think you’re a tough guy?’

July 24, 2019 12:40 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A video showing a Palo Alto police sergeant hitting and slamming a resident of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park has been released […]

Gustavo Alvarez, who is now suing the city, made the news in 2012 when he was arrested for breaking the skylight at the old JJ&F Market at 520 College Ave. and rappelling into the store using a satellite dish cable as a rope. Google photo.
Palo Alto

Council hears about lawsuit accusing police of excessive force and mocking a gay man

June 18, 2019 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council met in closed session last night (June 17) to discuss a lawsuit filed by a man who claims that […]

Palo Alto

Man claims Palo Alto police kicked down his door, beat him

May 2, 2019 6:49 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who was once arrested for allegedly rappelling into the now-defunct JJ&F Market has sued the Palo Alto police, claiming that five […]

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