Riverside Police Detective Scott Alan Impola Charged with Beating

[ Arraignment set for Tuesday, 12/29/2009 0 8:30 AM Department 22A Riverside ]

A Riverside Police Department detective is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday on misdemeanor charges that accuse him of forcing his way into the apartment of his estranged wife and beating her male companion, according to court documents.

Det. Scott Alan Impola (this might be him) faces one count each of running an unauthorized license plate check on an SUV driven by Michael Ernest Garcia, trespassing by forcing his way into the Riverside home of Tina Anderson Impola, and assaulting Garcia.

The crimes were committed June 4 along the 19700 block of Westerly Drive after the off-duty detective spotted Garcia’s white 2004 Toyota parked in front of Tina Impola’s home, District Attorney’s Investigator Adrian Soler said in an affidavit filed in support of the arrest warrant.

Defense attorney Michael James Schaaf declined to discuss the situation yesterday saying he hadn’t seen any of the police or prosecution documents.

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