A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was positioned on go away in January 2023 was launched from jail early Tuesday on $50,000 bond after he was arrested Monday on suspicion of felony home violence, in line with the sheriff’s division.
The arrest of Jim Devoe, 30, got here two years after he was arrested and charged with bodily abusing his 5-year-old son.
Little info is publicly out there concerning the circumstances of the newest incident past the truth that Devoe was arrested in Lancaster at 4:10 p.m. Monday. However a spokesperson for the sheriff’s division mentioned he had been arrested on suspicion of corporal harm to a partner or cohabitant.
The division spokesperson mentioned in an emailed assertion final week that it had launched legal and inside administrative investigations into Devoe, who labored as a bailiff on the Antelope Valley Courthouse in Lancaster.
“The Sheriff’s Division holds its staff to the very best requirements of integrity and professionalism,” the assertion mentioned. “We’re dedicated to making sure accountability for actions each on and off responsibility, as public belief is earned by transparency, accountability, and adherence to the regulation.”
Sharon Paris Babakhan, a lawyer for Devoe, mentioned in an e-mail that she was unable to touch upon his newest arrest. However, she mentioned, “it is vital for the general public to acknowledge that Jim has endured important private {and professional} losses because of the pending matter … The previous two years have been extraordinarily troublesome for him.”
Devoe pleaded not responsible to a felony depend of kid abuse in June 2023, a month after his arrest on suspicion of hitting his 5-year-old son and the issuance of a protecting order requiring him to keep away from any contact with the kid.
The daddy of two had advised the boy’s mom through textual content that the kid damage himself whereas driving his bike, the L.A. County district legal professional’s workplace mentioned in a Might 2023 assertion.
When she picked him up from Devoe’s residence, there was severe bruising and swelling on their son’s face, in line with a doc reviewed by The Occasions on the time. The 5-year-old and his brother each advised sheriff’s division investigators in a hospital interview that Devoe had punched the boy, the doc mentioned.
Devoe was “accused of slapping and punching his son within the face, inflicting seen accidents, after which mendacity to the boy’s mom about the reason for the accidents, together with facial swelling and bruising, a watch hemorrhage” and pink marks, the Might 2023 district legal professional’s workplace assertion mentioned.
Babakhan mentioned through e-mail that she had “negotiated a positive decision with the District Legal professional” relating to the 2023 case.
“We anticipate closing the matter on our subsequent court docket date, July 1, 2025,” she mentioned. “Whereas the phrases haven’t but been finalized, we anticipate each felony prices to be dismissed, with a plea to a single misdemeanor depend.”
The sheriff’s division relieved Devoe of responsibility three months earlier than his 2023 arrest, in line with paperwork and two regulation enforcement sources interviewed by The Occasions on the time, in reference to a number of allegations of misconduct, together with that he had allegedly possessed unlawful steroids. The division assertion issued final week mentioned he had been relieved “of responsibility pending the end result of an inside administrative investigation.”
Anthony Salerno, an legal professional who represented Devoe earlier than Babakhan took over his case, denied the steroids declare in Might 2023, telling The Occasions that his shopper had handed drug exams and was relieved of responsibility after his driver’s license was suspended for “dashing at a particularly excessive price.”
