{"id":205094,"date":"2023-10-16T08:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T12:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=205094"},"modified":"2023-10-16T14:35:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:35:11","slug":"police-sentenced-to-jail-and-to-pay-financial-compensation-in-case-of-mistaken-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/10\/16\/police-sentenced-to-jail-and-to-pay-financial-compensation-in-case-of-mistaken-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Police sentenced to jail and to pay financial compensation in case of mistaken identity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Collegiate Court of Villa Altagracia sentenced four of the nine police officers involved in the shooting death of the newlywed couple, 32-year old Elisa Mu\u00f1oz Marte and 35-year old Joel Eusebio D\u00edaz Ferrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Private Guillermo Rosario Melo and Colonel C\u00e9sar Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez Lora, who served as the hierarchical superior of the police patrol that on 30 March 2021, killed the married couple who were on their way to Santo Domingo, were found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The couple was returning to Santo Domingo with two other people after participating in a religious activity. The couple were Christian pastors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The policemen were found guilty of voluntary manslaughter to the detriment of the newly married couple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court also found Second Lieutenant Victorino Reyes Navarro and Corporal \u00c1ngel de los Santos guilty, sentencing them to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Sergeant Domingo Perdomo Reyes, Private Anthony Castro P\u00e9rez, Private Juan Samuel Ogando Sol\u00eds and Private Emil Alexander Rinc\u00f3n Martes were declared not guilty and their release was ordered. The court argued that the evidence provided is not sufficient to establish their responsibility in the crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an unusual ruling against police, Guillermo Rosario Melo, C\u00e9sar Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez Lora, Victorino Reyes Navarro and \u00c1ngel de los Santos were also sentenced to pay various compensations consisting of RD$8.5 million and RD$5 million to the family of the deceased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judges also declared Norquis Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez not guilty, ensuring that he had no participation in the crime, so they ordered his release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Public Ministry had requested that eight of the nine police officers involved in the case be sentenced to 30 years in prison and a sentence of five years in jail for Norquis Rodr\u00edguez Jim\u00e9nez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before the crime occurred and following a previous report of a robbery, the agents had set up the checkpoint on the Duarte highway, where the unsuspecting couple was fired at in this case of mistaken identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court held that it considered the fact that these are police officers are individuals who are knowledgeable about firearms and their use. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Collegiate Court of Villa Altagracia sentenced four of the nine police officers involved in the shooting death of the newlywed couple, 32-year old Elisa Mu\u00f1oz Marte and 35-year old Joel Eusebio D\u00edaz Ferrer. Private Guillermo Rosario Melo and Colonel C\u00e9sar Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez Lora, who served as the hierarchical superior of the police patrol that on … <\/p>\n

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