Noah Winchester was convicted in October 2019 and later sentenced to 81 years in state prison.
SAN MATEO – The city of San Mateo has reached a $25 million settlement with three women who were sexually assaulted by a San Mateo police officer, attorneys for the women announced Wednesday.The sexual assaults happened between 2013 and 2015, when Winchester patrolled San Mateo and the Los Rios Community College District in the Sacramento area. During those years, he assaulted three women in San Mateo and two in Sacramento.
The San Mateo Police Department did not properly vet Winchester before hiring him, according to the law group. For example, it did not review two police reports identifying him as a suspect in sexual assaults while he was on duty as a Los Rios officer. “Officer Winchester’s shameful, checkered past should have immediately disqualified him from employment with the SMPD,” Emmanuel added. “SMPD’s gross negligence has caused a lifetime of trauma for these women, and possibly others.”
In October 2015, a woman told Burlingame police she had been sexually assaulted in her car by a San Mateo officer at the Coyote Point Recreation Area, which led to the uncovering of allegations dating back to 2013.
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