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Before going on medical leave and retiring under a confidential disability claim, Phoenix homicide Det. Jennifer DiPonzio repeatedly mishandled evidence and failed to complete important tasks and interviews.But for more than a year, Maricopa County Superior Court judges have been told DiPonzio is too unwell to testify, receive subpoenas, or even be contacted about her cases.
That’s the day her supervisor, Sgt. Jerry Barker, spoke to her about a series of problems with her cases, including a failure to complete important tasks and interviews. Steiner asked a City of Phoenix attorney, “I guess I’ll just ask you what can you share with us today, if anything, about Det. DiPonzio and her status and ability for us to include her in any proceedings at some point?”
A few months later, attorneys for the city and DiPonzio provided the court with some documentation about her medical condition. EVIDENCE OF MULTIPLE JOBS Before her retirement, some Phoenix police supervisors had been internally raising concerns about DiPonzio working an outside job while on paid medical leave.“I’m aware she has been on for quite some time due to a related injury,” he said. “The concern is that I’m getting rumblings that she is operating a business and traveling out of state to business conferences.
DiPonzio has held an Arizona aesthetician license since 2016, according to the state cosmetology board’s website.
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