San Clemente LAPD Officer Dale Ziesmer Charged with criminal threats

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA  - A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer was charged today with making a violent criminal threat against a woman, with whom he had a domestic relationship. Dale Wayne Ziesmer, 48, San Clemente, is charged with one felony count of criminal threats and faces a maximum sentence of three years in state prison if convicted.

According to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) office, the DA will be requesting Ziesmer “..be held without bail based on the nature of the criminal threat and the defendant's possible access to firearms” . He is expected to be arraigned today,

According to the OCDA’s office, early in the morning on Sept. 25, 2012, th Ziesmer is accused of making a violent criminal threat to Jane Doe, a woman with whom he had a relationship, causing the victim to fear for her safety. Jane Doe told a friend, another LAPD officer, about the threat, and it was subsequently reported by that officer to LAPD. Ziesmer was disarmed by LAPD upon arriving at work that morning. 

As Ziesmer is accused of making the threat in his San Clemente home, the case was referred for investigation to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. 

The investigation is ongoing.

Deputy District Attorney Heidi Garrel of the Family Protection Unit is prosecuting this case.

Byron Scott Dies While In Orange County Sheriff’s Custody

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Rancho Santa Margarita, CA - – On Saturday, September 1 at approximately 6:45 pm

Byron Scott, 49 years old, died while in custody at the Orange County Sheriff's Department jail ward located at UCI Medical Center in Orange.

Scott’s death comes hours after LAPD  Chief Charlie Beck reassigned five officers after detectives with the department’s Force Investigation Division found problems with some tactics used during last month’s arrest of  a 35-year-old mother of two who was allegedly stomped and kicked in the genitals during an arrest last month.

LAPD Chief Charlie Beck said:

"I take all in-custody death investigations very seriously and directed the officers involved be removed from field duties until further details are known, including what part intoxicants and physical conditions contributed"

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According to the Orange County Sheriff’s (OCSD) office, Scott’s  death does not appear suspicious.

Just like in the LAPD case, standard protocols require the District Attorney, in this case, the Orange County District Attorney's Office (OCDA) to handle the investigation. An autopsy is pending by the Coroner's Office

Scott was arrested on August 21 by Orange County Probation for a probation violation.

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