From CBS Miami:. Jesse Menocal Jr. She said nothing was done when she first reported the charges. That I was a little girl crying rape outside the police station," she said. The FBI is now involved in the investigation. The woman said the FBI went to her home earlier this year. Faced with mounting pressure to answer questions about Menocal, Hialeah's police chief held a news conference Friday morning.
Velazquez said there is a federal Department of Justice probe underway and an internal affairs investigation into the allegations against Menocal. The allegations are very serious, and we took them as serious allegations," Velazquez said. Velazquez added that reports Menocal has gotten a raise are exaggerated. He explained that under union contracts officers receive mandatory increases. When the now year-old first reported the incident, they investigated.
But in a closed out memo,. The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office investigated the woman's accusations when she first reported them. However, in a close out memo, the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office said could not prosecute Menocal because "a criminal charge could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt. But again, the state attorney said based on the lack of corroborating evidence "the criminal investigation cannot proceed. He needs to serve justice.
He needs to serve time in jail. Because that's not okay. He says he puts criminals, right? So he, himself, he should put himself in," she said. Back to the Miami Patch. Read more local news from Miami. Find out what's happening in Miami with free, real-time updates from Patch. You're now signed up for local updates.
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