Ex-Officer Pleads Guilty in Wrongful Arrest in 1995
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LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles police officer pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor charge of violating the civil rights of a man he and his partner wrongly arrested in 1995.
Jon Paul Taylor, a probationary officer at the time, could receive up to a year in prison but federal prosecutors have agreed to recommend leniency because he has accepted responsibility for his conduct.
Taylor’s training officer, Edward P. Ruiz, pleaded guilty Aug. 4 to a felony civil rights charge in connection with the arrest. He faces a stiffer sentence.
Ruiz and Taylor were accused of falsely claiming they saw Victor Jerome Tyson toss away a handgun during a foot chase on South Broadway in the 77th Division area.
In the middle of Tyson’s trial on a weapons charge, a city prosecutor discovered inconsistencies in the officers’ stories and dismissed the case.
Taylor is to be sentenced in November and sentencing for Ruiz is set for January.
The charges against the two former officers grew out of an FBI investigation.
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