Oakland police detective expected to be charged with perjury, threatening witness in homicide case
OAKLAND — A longtime Oakland police detective has been hit with multiple felony charges including perjury, bribery and threatening a witness related to homicide cases he investigated, records filed Monday show.
Officer Phong Tran was charged with five felony counts including two counts of perjury, and bribery of a witness, attempted bribery of a witness and subornation of perjury under oath, according to court papers filed by the District Attorney’s Office. The complaint also alleges Tran “threatened witnesses” and “unlawfully prevented or dissuaded witnesses from testifying”
Kwixuan Maloof, director of the DA’s Public Accountability Bureau established by District Attorney Pamela Price, filed the charges on Monday. The crimes Tran is suspected of span from 2012 to 2016.previously reported by this news organization, Tran has been under scrutiny after a murder case against two men was thrown out last month. He was placed on leave last year but recently returned to detective work with the Oakland Police Department, where he has investigated hundreds of cases including homicides as recently as
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