An 18-year-old man dropped his request for a second temporary restraining order against a Chula Vista police officer after both sides reached an accord at the South County Courthouse Oct. 30.
Under the terms of a stipulated agreement between Roman Granados, 48, and Matthew McCormick Jr., Granados agrees to stay 100 yards away from McCormick Jr. until a Nov. 6 hearing for a criminal restraining order against Granados. A criminal restraining order supersedes a civil restraining order.
Granados is also scheduled to be sentenced that day for one misdemeanor charge of abusing a minor — McCormick Jr. — and one misdemeanor charge of disturbing the peace two years ago at a middle school promotion ceremony.
Granados faces a maximum of six-months in jail. The original temporary restraining order expired on July 24 and had been extended once.
“I’m just hopeful that the criminal law judge will see this situation as it is and will sentence him for what he deserves, for what he did to my son and that he’ll protect my son with the criminal restraining order for the next four years,” said Matthew McCormick Sr.
McCormick Sr. said Granados “punched and choked” his son, who was 16 years old at the time, during a promotion ceremony for McCormick Jr.’s sister.
Granados, who is dating McCormick Jr.’s mother, was attending the school function on personal time.
Granados, a 16-year veteran of the Chula Vista police force, also agrees not to posses fire arms or ammunition and his attorney, Stuart Adams, will also provide a copy of Granados’s psychological evaluation to the judge with a certification of completion of parenting classes, which were new terms brought by the stipulation.
McCormick Sr. said his son still has lingering physical and mental effects suffered from the incident.
Adams said the case is “still a work in progress.” Outside of that, Adams refused to give additional comments or answer questions as he walked out of the courtroom.
McCormick Sr. said the dissolution of the temporary restraining order still allows him to explore his legal options.
“Hopefully (Granados) will make a decision to step forward and be a man,” said McCormick Sr. “If he doesn’t step forward and be a man, we’ll be filing (a lawsuit) there’s no question.”
Chula Vista Police Capt. Lon Turner said Granados was placed on paid administrative leave Sept. 24, because the city, under the civil service code has paid leave.
Granados makes about $7,726 a month.
Turner said an administrative investigation by the department into the case has been completed and is now going through the civil service’s due process.
