Alejandro Castillo, 50, filed a police report that claimed a suspected DUI driver had made an unsafe turn — but that’s not what video showed.
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Jurors deliberated for two hours before finding Alejandro Castillo, 50, guilty of the two felony counts, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Internal Affairs Division began investigating Castillo after unspecified concerns were identified by the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office while reviewing body-worn videos for DUI arrests the officer made in October 2019, police said in a statement released after Castillo’s arrest in 2021.
Castillo filed a police report that claimed the driver had made an unsafe left turn in front of oncoming traffic that nearly caused an accident, while body-worn camera video showed the motorist waited for all vehicles to pass before making the turn on Oct. 18, 2019, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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