SAN DIEGO—A judge has again ruled against former La Mesa police officer Matthew Dages in his bid to overturn the city of La Mesa’s decision to uphold his firing.
In a ruling issued on April 12, San Diego Superior Court Judge Katherine Bacal confirmed her earlier tentative ruling that the city’s Personnel Appeals Board’s decision was “supported by the weight of the evidence.”
Dages was fired by the police department following his controversial May 27, 2020, arrest of 23-year-old Amaurie Johnson and allegations that he lied on his police report stemming from the arrest. He was later charged with a felony count of filing a false police report, though an El Cajon jury acquitted him last year.
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