Deputy Matthew Buckley was also the subject of a federal civil rights suit in 2019
Contra Costa County Sheriff's investigators have arrested a 15-year veteran deputy who once "Officer of the Year" two years in a row during an illegal firearms investigation.
The Sheriff's Office on Friday said they booked Matthew Buckley, 41, of Pinole, into the Martinez Detention Facility on two counts of felony grand theft of a firearm, two counts of receiving stolen property, filing a false report and possession of a controlled substance.Efforts to speak to Buckley or his lawyer were not immediately successful on Friday.
When deputies arrived, Eddie Thomas went out and opened a wood door to the property, but he did not open a grated metal security door for the officers. Oct. 28, 2018 when a Bay Point couple alleged their civil rights were violated when they called 911 for help – and instead of investigating the complaint, the deputies arrested the caller’s boyfriend instead.
Eddie Thomas Jr. and Dejanae Marshay Malone-McFarland alleged that Buckley and fellow deputy Thomas Shields had no warrant to search their home and lacked probable cause to believe that either of them were the perpetrators of any crime. also accused the deputies of using excessive force "in the absence of any objectively reasonable information that [he] had committed any crime. There was no need to use force against Mr. Thomas under these circumstances," the suit states.
Anyone with any information should contact the Investigation Division at 313-2600 or through Sheriff’s Office dispatch at 646-2441. For any tips, email:KTVU's Henry Lee contributed to this report. that I have read and agree
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