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Home My WebLink AboutSupplement Incident 2020-23197016 Lemmon Matthew 3174_REDACTEDSANTA ANA Police Department 60 Civic Center Plaza Santa Ana CA, 92701 Supplemental Report Case No. 2020-23197 Incident Activity Summary: Stolen/Recovered: (Report-wide)$0.00 $0.00 Person:DA Investigator B. SHELDON Agency:OC District Attorney's Office Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:UNKNOWN Address/Associated: Employer:: 300 N FLOWER ST, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info:Work: (714) 834-3600 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:DA Investigator C. BROWER Agency:OC District Attorney's Office Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:UNKNOWN Address/Associated: Employer:: 300 N FLOWER ST, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info:Work: (714) 834-3600 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Offenses:Info - INFORMATION ONLY / Incident Date/Time:Occurred: 11/04/2020 01:35 Location Occurred: 62 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA Factual Synopsis: In-custody death investigation - Scene Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 1 of 6 Person:DA Investigator D. MELNYK Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:UNKNOWN Address/Associated: Employer:: 300 N FLOWER ST, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info:Work: (714) 834-3600 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:DA Investigator T. TOTH Agency:OC District Attorney's Office Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:UNKNOWN Address/Associated: Employer:: 300 N FLOWER ST, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info:Work: (714) 834-3600 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Supervising DA Investigator B. TANNER Agency:OC District Attorney's Office Involvement:LEO Description:Male, Unknown Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:UNKNOWN Address/Associated: Employer:: 300 N FLOWER ST, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info:Work: (714) 834-3600 Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person: Involvement:OTHER Person Note:Decedent Moniker, Association, Gang:, Description:Male, White, 6'00" tall, 210 lbs brown hair, brown eyes DOB: Identification:Driver License: CII Number: Address/Resides: Address/Associated: Contact Info: Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 2 of 6 Person:Forensic Investigator BRETT DORETTI Agency:Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Involvement:LEO Description:Male DOB: Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:320 N FLOWER, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Address/Associated: Contact Info:Phone: ( Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person:Forensic Investigator JENNIFER JARRETT Agency:Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Involvement:LEO Person Note:O.C. Crime Lab Description: Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides:320 N. Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Address/Associated: Employer:Orange County Sheriff-Coroner Department: 320 N. Flower St, Santa Ana, CA 92703 Contact Info: Employer Phone:Phone: ( Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: Person: Involvement:MENTIONED Person Note:Decedent's girlfriend Description:Female, White Identification:Driver License: Address/Resides: Address/Associated: Contact Info:Cell: ( Cell: Scars, Marks, Tattoos, Oddities: SAPD Personnel:Rodriguez, Julian 2836 Involvement:Supervisor SAPD Personnel:Gomez, Francisco 2706 Involvement:Investigating SAPD Personnel:McLeod, Matthew 2770 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Garcia, Jim 2409 Involvement:Assisting Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 3 of 6 Narrative: Narrative Wednesday, November 4, 2020 @ 0312 Hours Detective Sergeant J. Rodriguez #2836 contacted me by telephone and requested my assistance with an in-custody GHDWKLQYHVWLJDWLRQWKDWRFFXUUHGDWWKH6DQWD$QD-DLO,UHVSRQGHGWRWKH6DQWD$QD3ROLFH'HSDUWPHQWIRUD EULHILQJ 0410 Hours I arrived at the Santa Ana Police Department and awaited additional personnel at the Crimes Against Persons 'LYLVLRQ+RPLFLGH6HFWLRQGHVNV 0512 Hours I attended a briefing at the Crimes Against Persons (CAP) Division, Homicide Sections desks, presented by D.A. ,QYHVWLJDWRU%UDG7DQQHU$OVRSUHVHQWDWWKHEULHILQJZHUH'HWHFWLYH6HUJHDQW-5RGULJXH]'HWHFWLYH)*RPH] 'HWHFWLYH-*DUFLDDQG'HWHFWLYH00F/HRG3UHVHQWIURPWKH'LVWULFW$WWRUQH\ V2IILFHZHUH6XSHUYLVLQJ Investigator B. Tanner, Investigator T. Toth, Investigator D. Melnyk, Investigator C. Brower and Investigator B. 6KHOGRQ,QYHVWLJDWRU7DQQHUGLVVHPLQDWHGWKHNQRZQIDFWVWKXVIDUJDUQHUHGWKURXJKRXULQLWLDOUHVSRQVH,Q summary, on 11-4-2020 at approximately 0135 hours, jail custody staff located an inmate in his cell V 7KHMDLOVWDIIFRQWDFWHGWKH6DQWD$QD3ROLFH'HSDUWPHQW6$3'DQGFRQVHTXHQWO\WKH2UDQJH County Fire Authority/Paramedics (OCFA) who both responded to the scene. 7KHLQPDWHZDVLGHQWLILHGE\MDLOVWDIIDV ZDVDVVLJQHGWRWKH%XUHDXRI Prisons (BOP), inmate #7 and arrived to the Santa Ana Jail on July 6, 2020 for federal firearms violations. He ZDVVFKHGXOHGWREHUHOHDVHGLQ0DUFK2&)$WUDQVSRUWHG WRWKHKRVSLWDOZKHUHKHZDVODWHU SURQRXQFHGGHFHDVHG 0518 Hours I walked to the Santa Ana Jail, north entrance. 0530 Hours I entered the Santa Ana Jail and connected with jail staff who escorted me to the 3rd floor, jail housing area. 0534 Hours ,DUULYHGDWWKHUGIORRUMDLOKRXVLQJVHFWLRQ'FRPPRQO\UHIHUUHGWRDV02'',VLJQHGLQZLWKWKHVFHQHVFULEH Officer K. Gray. 0547 Hours ,DWWHQGHGWKHRQVFHQHEULHILQJSUHVHQWHGE\)LHOG2SHUDWLRQV3DWURO6HUJHDQW-*DUFLD3UHVHQWDWWKH briefing were the aforementioned personnel, along with scribe K. Gray and Orange County Crime Lab CSI Doretti and -DUUHWW7KHIROORZLQJLVDVXPPDU\RIWKHEULHILQJ2QDWDSSUR[LPDWHO\KRXUV&RUUHFWLRQV2IILFHU C. Fernandez #3142 was performing cell checks in MOD 3D when she discovered inmate J SAPD Personnel:Lemmon, Matthew 3174 Involvement:Reporting SAPD Personnel:Gray, Kenneth 3412 Involvement:Assisting SAPD Personnel:Garcia, Jason 3030 Involvement:Supervisor SAPD Personnel:Rodriguez, Julian 2836 Involvement:Report Approver Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 4 of 6 , inside cell D24, unresponsive . She radioed for assistance and additional jail VWDIILQFOXGLQJRQGXW\QXUVHVUHVSRQGHGWRWKHFHOO/LIHVDYLQJHIIRUWVZHUHDGPLQLVWHUHGWR 2&)$(QJLQH ZDVVXPPRQHGDQGUHVSRQGHGWRWKHMDLODUULYLQJDWDSSUR[LPDWHO\KRXUV2&)$SDUDPHGLFVWRRNRYHU OLIHVDYLQJHIIRUWVDQGWUDQVSRUWHG WR2&*OREDO0HGLFDO&HQWHULQ6DQWD$QD SURQRXQFHG GHFHDVHGDWKRXUV$UHYLHZRIFHOOFKHFNVIRXQGWKHODVWFKHFNSULRUWRGLVFRYHULQJ ZDV FRQGXFWHGE\&RUUHFWLRQV2IILFHU09DOHQ]XHODDWKRXUV 0602 Hours ,ZDONHGWKHVFHQHDQGYLHZHG&HOO',QYHVWLJDWRU'0HOQ\NDQG,ZHUHDVVLJQHGWRGRFXPHQWWKHVFHQH 0608 Hours 2UDQJH&RXQW\&ULPH/DE&6,SHUVRQQHO%'RUHWWLDQG--DUUHWWEHJDQSKRWRJUDSKLQJDQGGRFXPHQWLQJWKHVFHQH They were assigned to process the scene and collect evidence. Refer to O.C. Crime Lab Case FR: 20-53528. SCENE -DLOKRXVLQJDUHD'ZDVGHVLJQDWHGLQDZD\WKDWLGHQWLILHVLWVIORRULQWKHMDLOUGIORRUDQGKRXVLQJDUHD'' was located in the southwest section of the 3rd floor and was composed of two levels and several one and two-man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ell D24 was equipped with a north facing, right-hand, outward opening cell door. The cell was primarily rectangular shaped with an angled wall along the back wall. The bunk bed was affixed along the west wall, opposite a desk and VLQJOHVKHOIORFDWHGDORQJWKHHDVWZDOO$VLQJOHSODVWLFFKDLUZDVSRVLWLRQHGXQGHUWKHGHVN$WRLOHWDQGVLQNZHUH SRVLWLRQHGLQWKHQRUWKZHVWFRUQHUEH\RQGWKHIRRWRIWKHEXQNEHG I observed three net-style hampers hanging from wall pegs along the angled back wall which were later determined to KROGFORWKLQJ,DOVRREVHUYHGSHUVRQDODIIHFWVRQWKHXSSHUVKHOIGHVNDQGIORRUSDUWLDOO\XQGHUWKHEXQNEHG ,QYHVWLJDWRU0HOQ\NDQG,VHDUFKHGWKHFHOO,QDSODVWLFWUD\RQWKHXSSHUVKHOIDERYHWKHGHVN,ORFDWHGDFOHDU plastic tied-off bindle which held a black tar-like substance and a white powdery substance. The bindle was photographed and collected by O.C. Crime Lab personnel. 2QWKHOHIWVLGHRIWKHGHVN,REVHUYHGDSKRWRLQSODLQYLHZRIDIHPDOH:KLWHZLWKWDWWRRV2QWKHULJKWVLGHRIWKH GHVN,ORFDWHGDQHQYHORSHDGGUHVVHGWR 7KHUHZHUHQR GRFXPHQWVLQVLGHWKHHQYHORSH2WKHUKDQGZULWWHQGRFXPHQWVZLWKQDPHVDQGFRQWDFWLQIRUPDWLRQZHUHORFDWHGRQ WKHGHVN,ORFDWHGWZRSKRQHQXPEHUVIRU 7KHVHLWHPVZHUH SKRWRJUDSKHGE\WKH2&&ULPH/DE At approximately 0730 hours, Forensic Scientists B. Doretti and J. Jarrett completed processing the cell and we cleared the scene. )RUIXUWKHUGHWDLOVUHIHUWRWKH2UDQJH&RXQW\&ULPH/DEUHSRUW Author: Lemmon, Matthew 3174 BWC NOT Activated BWC Inactive Reason: N/A Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 5 of 6 Santa Ana PD 2020-23197 6 of 6