Yup... Lesson learned, leave no witnesses next time.
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According to the lawsuit, Arambula was eventually dragged out of the home, which PLEA Officer Jerry Gannon said was done for his safety because police did not know whether an intruder may have still been in the house.
But the lawsuit alleges further mistreatment even after the intruder was taken into custody, including that Arambula was dragged from the patio to the gravel in front of the house, his head banged against a post on the fence.
The lawsuit claims Arambula, who had still not received medical attention, was picked up again and placed on the hood of a hot squad car and driven for a time down the street before being transferred by ambulance to a hospital where he immediately underwent surgery.
Lesley Arambula, the lawsuit claims, was interrogated for hours and kept in a squad car with her children with no word on her husband's condition.
At the hospital, Arambula was questioned by detectives immediately after coming out of surgery and told, according to the lawsuit, that the intruder would be cited and released because he was found to be unarmed.
"Tony was incredulous at their conclusion and asked the police if they had looked under Matthew's bed. The police assured him that they had done so and completed a thorough investigation, but promised to go back and look again," the lawsuit stated.
The intruder's gun was found under the boy's bed during a subsquent search.
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