CLOSE OUT MEMO PRELIMINARY INQUIRY Special Prosecutions Intake INVESTIGATION #: 86-16-33 DATE: August 12, 2016 DATE:__ ee \Me SUBJECT(S): Sgt. Jesus Menocal EMPLOYMENT: | City of Hialeah Police Department INVESTIGATOR: Det. Frank Penate AGENCY: i Police Department PHONE: ALLEGATION: CRIME STATUTE DEGREE, Sexual Battery 794.011 Felony ‘This is a spin-off form en unrelated investigation Three young girls, teenagers, all friends are members of the 2-4 Avenue Gang came forward and each claimed that the subject was known to them becavse he is the sergeant who patrols the area. They made almost identical allegations that he, on separate occasions, picked them up in his police vehicle and asked them for oral sex. Some said they complied. One girl said the subject asked her for sex, but that she told him she had her period and he let her go. None claimed ou just authoritative pressure. None of them reported any of the allegations prior to Feeing the subject on the news. They came forward after speaking with special vietims Detective Rossalyn Byrd. (Sgt Byrd has since retired out of state.) None of the girls could give more than a vague date range for the incidents. One girl said that she threw ber clothes in a lake immediately after the incident. Sho claimed that s rock, Divers were sent into the lake and no clothing was recovered, bi-polar chronie runaway ‘weighted the clothes with aDNA was taken from each of the girls was taken. None of those samples matched any DNA from the subject's police car or office. ‘None of the cellphones belonging to the girls could be linked to the subject. ‘No witnesses to any of the allegations. During the course of this investigation, one of the girls died when she jumped from a moving car during an argument with her boyfriend. Based on the lack of corroborating evidence, the criminal investigation cannot proceed. The matter will be handled administratively by the City of Hialeah Police Department. ce: Jose J. Arrojo Wary nok Ago Veg IA Wwe ne dd i edt rork ee qt ‘alas Me eetimn of