@Cops&Cons obtained lapel footage from the Rio Rancho Police Department in New Mexico. It shows the arrest of Albuquerque Police Officer Jeffrey Wharton prior to his shift beginning. He was taken into custody by detectives of the Rio Rancho Police Department. The on duty arrest was due to a warrant for his arrest from the Rio Rancho PD.
According to the criminal complaint, Wharton beat his girlfriend so badly, she had several gashes on her head and face. Police say her injuries were so severe, she had to be taken to the hospital where she was diagnosed with a brain bleed. Some of the domestic incident was captured on the couples “RING” doorbell system.
When Officer Wharton arrived for his shift at an area substation Rio Rancho Police officers were waiting for him armed with a felony warrant. At one point you’ll see they removed his duty belt and searched him. After the search they are seen on lapel video cutting off his fully marked uniform shirt. Wharton was lead out of the substation to a waiting cruiser.
He was booked into the Sandoval County Detention Center on charges of Kidnapping (First Degree) (NO Intent to Commit Sex Offense), Aggravated Battery (great bodily harm) (household member), Aggravated Battery Against a Household Member (Strangulation or Suffocation), Aggravated Battery (great bodily harm) (household member), Tampering with Evidence (Highest Crime a Capital, First or Second Degree and Negligent Use of a Deadly Weapon (Unsafe Handling).
Wharton resigned from APD shortly after this arrest. APD says Wharton had been with the department since November 2010. He was a senior officer with the department. His trial is pending.
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WOW, I just saw this for the first time. Must be so humiliating for him. To be one of them, then to find out you are just a common criminal to all of them. You no longer belong there with them, doing the job they do. Which is to arrest the bad guys, but now you ARE one of the bad guys. Serves him right. Notice there is NO Sympathy for him with them. I have a feeling he was not well liked there.
So many to go
Even if it turns out that he isn’t guilty, no one will forget what he was accused of.
Not in Zimbabwe here they cover for each other
Could they not just take the cuffs off and take the shirt off???
seems silly and a waste they could have easily told the guy to take his shirt off no need for the cutting he was not resisting
If i had 2 wishes the first would be … Uninterrupted time with this POS. 10 minutes would be plenty 😮😊.
Justice done half right they held him accountable but the punishment was just probation 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️he should’ve been locked up
I dont enjoy seeing any person being abused ,and when it's a cop doing the very thing he is sworn to protect against, it's even more vile and despicable. Seeing this dirtbag pos hanging his head in shame is awesome.I hope his former girlfriend is OK and can move on after dealing with this hurt and pain he has caused .Now they need to make a list of police offenders and the crimes they have committed that every dept has on hand so they can't just move on to another Police dept and do the same shit he's charged with at this department.
Bizarre to cut off the shirt
Cutting off the uniform? Why? Should have just un-cuffed him. How incredibly stupid.
I think they may have cut the uniform off to protect him
Don't be impressed folks, the judge let him out of all these charges with nothing but probation. Further demonstrating the privilege of having a badge, even after they cut it off of you out of so-called "disgrace." They only treated him this way because they couldn't get him out of it.
He'll be working in law enforcement again in less than a year at a different jurisdiction because they allowed him to resign instead of terminating him.
That must’ve been real humiliating
That's how to do it take that shit off him.
Wow, no innocent until proven guilty ?
A man who beats a woman is on the same level as a pedophile, good job clown.
They are treating him real nice like🤔
why not take the uniform off first. i wonder if he will be let off
Any law enforcement officer that breaks the law should get automatic jail time and double the penalty and should never be allowed to work as a law enforcement officer again