Former LAPD officer Paul Razo, 46, who was charged with eight counts of lewd acts upon a toddler, died at Los Angeles Normal Medical Middle, in accordance with the Sheriff’s Division. (Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division)
A former Los Angeles police officer accused of sexually assaulting 4 boys, together with relations, died in custody Saturday evening, in accordance with regulation enforcement officers.
Paul Razo, 46 — who was charged this month with eight counts of lewd acts upon a toddler — died at Los Angeles Normal Medical Middle, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Division mentioned Monday.
Razo was present process remedy “for a pre-existing medical situation,” in accordance with an announcement from Lt. Michael Gomez of the sheriff’s murder bureau. He didn’t reply questions on whether or not Razo was present process a process when he died at 7:24 p.m.
Gomez famous that an post-mortem can be carried out to find out the reason for demise.
Razo, who labored for greater than 25 years on the Los Angeles Police Division, was arrested Could 10 by detectives with the sheriff’s particular victims unit. He was accused of sexually assaulting 4 boys, believed to vary in age from 9 to 13, at his Covina house. Two of the boys have been his kinfolk, in accordance with the L.A. County district legal professional’s workplace; the others have been the sons of a lady he dated and reportedly commonly spent the evening on the house.
L.A. County prosecutors alleged that the assaults befell between 2006 and 2017, when Razo was a member of the LAPD. He left the division in April.
Razo had been awarded the division’s Medal of Valor for saving a person from a burning automotive in July 2016 in Glendora.
This story initially appeared in Los Angeles Occasions.