The attached investigative report was compiled by Sergeant Mauricio Medina, Employee #108754, and responds to the complaint of local attorney Ms. Arlene Hecht against Officer Robert G. McCorkle, III, Employee #70317, of the East Patrol Command, Eastside Division for Conduct and Behavior.
The allegation is that on December 1, 2016, Officer McCorkle, after finding out that Ms. Hecht had made a plea-bargain deal on behalf of her client while he was in another court, he threatened her by saying that he was going to start going to her parent’s scrap yard business and write them more tickets, in retaliation for the plea-bargain. The incident occurred at the downtown municipal court building at 1400 Lubbock at approximately 1000 hours.
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When he arrived, he found that the court was not yet in session, but there were several defense attorneys in the court sitting at a table talking. Since Officer McCorkle knew all of these attorneys from many years of court appearances, he went over to greet them. While talking with them, he noticed that one of the attorneys, whose name was Shoshana Lonstein, sometimes helped Ms. Hecht with her caseload. He then asked Ms. Lonstein if she knew anything about the plea-bargain deal form the previous court that Ms. Hecht had arranged. She told him that he would have to ask Ms. Hecht herself, but that she had already left the court building. Officer McCorkle then left this court for another court to check on the status of his cases.
Though she did not put it into her written statement, Ms. Hecht later informed Sergeant Medina that it was Ms. Lonstein who told her about Officer McCorkle alleged statement. However, she was adamant that she did not wish Ms. Lonstein to be contacted as she had told her that she did not wish to become involved in any investigation.
Therefore, there is no actual witness statement in this investigation other than Ms. Hecht’s third-party
The allegation is that on December 1, 2016, Officer McCorkle, after finding out that Ms. Hecht had made a plea-bargain deal on behalf of her client while he was in another court, he threatened her by saying that he was going to start going to her parent’s scrap yard business and write them more tickets, in retaliation for the plea-bargain. The incident occurred at the downtown municipal court building at 1400 Lubbock at approximately 1000 hours.
Specifically, …show more content…
When he arrived, he found that the court was not yet in session, but there were several defense attorneys in the court sitting at a table talking. Since Officer McCorkle knew all of these attorneys from many years of court appearances, he went over to greet them. While talking with them, he noticed that one of the attorneys, whose name was Shoshana Lonstein, sometimes helped Ms. Hecht with her caseload. He then asked Ms. Lonstein if she knew anything about the plea-bargain deal form the previous court that Ms. Hecht had arranged. She told him that he would have to ask Ms. Hecht herself, but that she had already left the court building. Officer McCorkle then left this court for another court to check on the status of his cases.
Though she did not put it into her written statement, Ms. Hecht later informed Sergeant Medina that it was Ms. Lonstein who told her about Officer McCorkle alleged statement. However, she was adamant that she did not wish Ms. Lonstein to be contacted as she had told her that she did not wish to become involved in any investigation.
Therefore, there is no actual witness statement in this investigation other than Ms. Hecht’s third-party