Judge tentatively rules against Ex-La Mesa Officer Matthew Dages challenging his firing. Dages was acquitted of his charges after the video of him arresting Amaurie Johnson went viral.
SAN DIEGO – A judge tentatively ruled Thursday that the city of La Mesa’s decision to uphold ex-officer Matthew Dages’ firing amid questions regarding one of his police reports “was supported by the weight of the evidence.”
The former officer was later charged with a felony count of filing a false police report, though an El Cajon jury acquitted him last year. He faced three years in prison had he been convicted. To that end, the judge ruled that the evidence showed Dages falsely stated in his report that he saw Johnson smoking and that Johnson took a “bladed stance” toward him.
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