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Updated at 6:20 PM PDT on Friday, Jun 5, 2015
Pertinent facts concerning the death of Alesia Thomas:
NOTE: The name is Alesia or Alecia, depending on the source.
Guilty Verdict in Trial of Ex-LAPD Officer Accused in Arrest of Woman Who Died NBC Southern California
A guilty verdict was announced Friday in the trial of a former Los Angeles police officer charged with assault for kicking and shoving a handcuffed woman, who later died, during an arrest.
Mary O'Callaghan, 50, was convicted of assault by a public officer stemming from the July 22, 2012 arrest of 35-year-old Alesia Thomas in the 9100 block of South Broadway Avenue.
Pertinent facts concerning the death of Alesia Thomas:
NOTE: The name is Alesia or Alecia, depending on the source.
- Alesia was a Black female
- Alesia was arrested for child abandonment after she left her two children in front of a police station.
- Alesia had mental problems
- Alesia was handcuffed and her legs were restrained when she was kicked repeatedly in the groin and abdomen by O'callaghan. Subsequently, she died in the squad car.
- According to the Coroner’s inquest, Alesia had Cocaine in her system but was not listed as a contributing factor in the official death certificate.
- Media spin doctors insinuated that, unofficially, cocaine may have been a contributing factor in the death.
Guilty Verdict in Trial of Ex-LAPD Officer Accused in Arrest of Woman Who Died NBC Southern California