Plaintiff:
Craig Lawrence
Incident date:
05/13/2010
Location:
2337 S. Millard Ave.
Allegations:
Hinojosa and Lawrence, a private investigator, were looking into the theft of a vehicle that belonged to Hinojosa. They called police after finding the vehicle parked in a driveway. Hinojosa and Lawrence confronted Jose Marquez, who rented the driveway where Hinojosa's vehicle was found. Marquez called police when Hinojosa and Lawrence demanded he produce paperwork for the vehicle in the driveway. Officers arrived at the scene and arrested Lawrence and Hinojosa for impersonating police officers. They were brought to a police station, where officers also filed a weapons violation charge against Lawrence. After being interrogated by detectives, Hinojosa and Lawrence were released from custody, and the charges against them were eventually dismissed. When they returned to the driveway where they had found the stolen vehicle, it was gone.