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MyspaceTony Denunzio must serve 30 days in jail, enroll in anger management therapy, abstain from alcohol, and pay a fine after being found guilty by a jury of battery on his girlfriend’s son. Denunzio became well-known in the community after he was pulled over for alleged DUI by Santa Barbara Police Officer Aaron Tudor. Several witnesses say Denunzio was brutally struck and tased by Tudor and that the officer used excessive force. Others claimed Denunzio was resisting. Because of the publicity, Denunzio’s DUI case was moved to North County.
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Where there's smoke, there's fire. If he resisted arrest, what did he expect? A DUI is no laughing matter, and could easily lead to deaths of innocent people using the road. Officer Tudor, was perhaps accused of trying to subdue this offender in a very tough manner, but I'm now thinking he was only doing his very tough job.
patrick58 (anonymous profile)
February 2, 2012 at 4:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Agree with Patrick. The duck has quacked; the feet are webbed. This guy needs to be forced to attend AA meetings for a year, anger management for a year, license suspension for three years, community service for a year.
Consequences of beating on a kid should be met with far harsher terms than the comment rules here allow me to post.
Draxor (anonymous profile)
February 3, 2012 at 10:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
patrick58: He didn't resist arrest, according to DA Dudley, and SBPD officer Tudor didn't use excessive force, according to DA Dudley. We now have a precedent in Santa Barbara that it's acceptable for a police officer to knock down, punch, kick, and tase 13 times a subject who isn't resisting arrest during a traffic stop.
If Denunzio's driving was unsafe on the occasion that Tudor attacked him, Tudor had no excuse for allowing Denunzio to drive more than 3 miles before pulling him over.
However, if Denunzio had been seriously impaired and had killed someone, would his sentence have been 120 days, like Lacy Strange, the daughter of Lompoc's police chief, who murdered a woman crossing in a crosswalk because she was texting while driving through the crosswalk?
Denunzio needs an interlock when he gets his license back. He has a big problem.
Draxor: Not in Santa Barbara if dad is a former president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
14noscams (anonymous profile)
February 5, 2012 at 9:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)