An off-duty Los Angeles Police Division officer was arrested Tuesday morning and charged with assault with a lethal weapon in a residential neighborhood simply exterior Los Angeles Worldwide Airport.
Six-year veteran Richard Podkowski, 28, was arrested at 5:20 a.m. close to the 8600 block of Belford Avenue, in keeping with reserving information. Los Angeles police have been responding to a name from a neighborhood member after they took Podkowski into custody after investigators accomplished an preliminary inquiry.
An LAPD spokesperson mentioned nobody was hospitalized due to the incident and declined to debate the kind of weapon used or the circumstances of the assault.
The division’s inner affairs division started its personal investigation that day and Podkowski was positioned on paid administrative go away, in keeping with the spokesperson.
Podkowski had been assigned to the West Bureau, which covers the communities of Hollywood and West Los Angeles and the Pacific, Wilshire and Olympic areas.
He’s free after posting $30,000 bail, in keeping with reserving information.
Podkowski is subsequent due in court docket June 11.
