L.A. County sheriff’s deputy arrested for second time on suspicion of domestic abuse

[ad_1] A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was positioned on depart in January 2023 was launched from jail early Tuesday on $50,000 bond after he was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony home violence, based on the sheriff’s division.

The arrest of Jim Devoe, 30, got here two years after he was arrested and charged with bodily abusing his 5-year-old son.

Little info is publicly obtainable in regards to the circumstances of the most recent incident past the truth that Devoe was arrested in Lancaster at 4:10 p.m. Monday. However a spokesperson for the sheriff’s division mentioned he had been arrested on suspicion of corporal harm to a partner or cohabitant.

The division spokesperson mentioned in an emailed assertion final week that it had launched felony and inner administrative investigations into Devoe, who labored as a bailiff on the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster.

“The Sheriff’s Division holds its workers to the best requirements of integrity and professionalism,” the assertion mentioned. “We're dedicated to making sure accountability for actions each on and off obligation, as public belief is earned via transparency, duty, and adherence to the legislation.”

Sharon Paris Babakhan, a lawyer for Devoe, mentioned in an electronic mail that she was unable to touch upon his newest arrest. However, she mentioned, “it's important for the general public to acknowledge that Jim has endured important private {and professional} losses because of the pending matter … The previous two years have been extraordinarily troublesome for him.”

Devoe pleaded not responsible to a felony depend of kid abuse in June 2023, a month after his arrest on suspicion of hitting his 5-year-old son and the issuance of a protecting order requiring him to keep away from any contact with the kid.

The daddy of two had advised the boy’s mom through textual content that the kid harm himself whereas using his bike, the L.A. County district legal professional’s workplace mentioned in a Might 2023 assertion.

When she picked him up from Devoe’s house, there was severe bruising and swelling on their son’s face, based on a doc reviewed by The Instances on the time. The 5-year-old and his brother each advised sheriff’s division investigators in a hospital interview that Devoe had punched the boy, the doc mentioned.

Devoe was “accused of slapping and punching his son within the face, inflicting seen accidents, after which mendacity to the boy’s mom about the reason for the accidents, together with facial swelling and bruising, a watch hemorrhage” and crimson marks, the Might 2023 district legal professional’s workplace assertion mentioned.

Babakhan mentioned through electronic mail that she had “negotiated a positive decision with the District Legal professional” relating to the 2023 case.

“We anticipate closing the matter on our subsequent courtroom date, July 1, 2025,” she mentioned. “Whereas the phrases haven't but been finalized, we count on each felony fees to be dismissed, with a plea to a single misdemeanor depend.”

The sheriff’s division relieved Devoe of obligation three months earlier than his 2023 arrest, based on paperwork and two legislation enforcement sources interviewed by The Instances on the time, in reference to a number of allegations of misconduct, together with that he had allegedly possessed unlawful steroids. The division assertion issued final week mentioned he had been relieved “of obligation pending the result of an inner administrative investigation.”

Anthony Salerno, an legal professional who represented Devoe earlier than Babakhan took over his case, denied the steroids declare in Might 2023, telling The Instances that his shopper had handed drug assessments and was relieved of obligation after his driver’s license was suspended for “dashing at a particularly excessive price.”