A , Navy , detective pleaded guilty Thursday to using overwhelming army against a imprisoned man and lying about his past profession with the , El Cajon Police Department.
Jonathan Christopher Laroche, 40, pleaded guilty to depriving the gentleman of his rights in connection with an event on , Nov. 14 , at , Naval Base San Diego, federal prosecutors said.
When a person, who was only identified by the initials G. D. in court records, was detained by Marine soldiers, Laroche claimed to be working as a policeman with the Navy’s Criminal Investigations Division. The man’s detention was not known to Laroche, according to the prosecution, but he followed the martial law enforcement officers into a place where G. D. was being held.
Laroche admitted in his plea deal that he entered the room and used a cerebral caution for 17 hours before lowering G. D. to the floor. The imprisoned man next lost consciousness.
According to the appeal, the man was taken into a main area of the safety building and handcuffed to a bench when he regained consciousness. During the conversation, Laroche grabbed G. D. by the neck and pushed his nose into the walls, the petition says.
” Laroche admitted that during both of these happenings, he acted willfully and consciously, depriving G. D. of his right to be free from unreasonable arrest, which includes the right to be free from the absurd use of force, under the Fifth Amendment to the , U. S.  , Constitution”, lawyers said in a media release.
According to court records, Laroche claimed to have applied to the Criminal Internal Investigation Division in 2022 but lied about leaving his previous position with the authorities, El Cajon, in 2022.
According to the plea deal, Laroche had resigned from the office four years prior to the announcement that he would be fired for two individual, increased use-of-force incidents against residents in 2017. In 2015, he had been reprimanded for a second use of power event.
Court records said Laroche applied to be a policeman with the , Navy , by lying and saying he had left , El Cajon , to operate as a , U. S. Department of Defense , officer. Laroche told the , Navy , he had not been punished or reprimanded by the police office.
” This prosecutor’s violent acts against someone who posed no threat are reprehensible”, said , U. S.  , Attorney , Tara McGrath. ” Now, we stripped of strength and held accountable an outlier who cheated on his reputation and abused his position of authority.”
As part of the plea deal, Laroche, a , Spring Valley , citizen, agreed to resign his place with the , Navy , and never get employment with any law enforcement agency in the future.
He is scheduled to become sentenced , Oct. 2.
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