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Loretz hit no one, Minnesota attorney saysSt. Paul, Minnesota police Sgt. Jon Loretz broke his silence through his attorney Tuesday by declaring his innocence in connection with a weekend bar brawl in St. Paul that left at least two women injured.
"He didn't do anything wrong," attorney Kevin Short said. "He and his friends were assaulted by bar patrons."
Short said Loretz, the son of St. Paul, Minnesota Police Chief William Finney, was not intoxicated, did not have a gun and did not hit anyone with a beer bottle during the fight.
"While he had a couple of beers, he was not intoxicated in the slightest," Short said. "All these facts will be borne out."
Loretz, 34, is under investigation for assault by the state Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) for his alleged involvement in a fight early Sunday morning at Lucy's Saloon.
Sgt. Jon LoretzSeveral people at the gay-friendly bar claim Loretz struck several women on the dance floor and yelled homophobic remarks.
Minnesota people in the bar at the time also say that Loretz tried to use his authority as a police officer to threaten patrons and employees.
The charges that Loretz could face range from felony assault and committing hate crimes to obstruction of the legal process. He also could lose his peace officer's license, say law enforcement officials.
"We're not going to turn a blind eye to anything," said Tim O'Malley, assistant superintendent of the BCA. "We will gather information and then present it to a prosecutor.
On Tuesday, police released edited copies of Loretz's personnel file, which spans his eight years on the force.
The file included 15 thank-you letters and letters of recognition, and a record of an oral reprimand from Finney for being in a preventable car accident. The most serious disciplinary action taken against Loretz was a three-day suspension for using excessive force in 1999.
That incident involved a drug bust in which a 17-year-old boy's tooth was chipped when Loretz wrestled him to the ground.
Of the seven internal affairs complaints lodged against Loretz, the excessive force complaint was the only one sustained.
"When you do a lot of drug busts sometimes complaints are made against you," Short said. "That has no relationship to these accusations."
Hate crime alleged
The most serious allegations from the weekend bar fight involve assault. One woman claims Loretz broke a beer bottle over her head. Others say the 6 foot 5, 250-pound officer punched them.
The potential assault charges could be augmented because some of the accusers and witnesses claim Loretz called them derogatory sexual names during the fight, which could make the incidents hate crimes.
"OutFront Minnesota is definitely aware of the incident at Lucy's," said Phil Duran, legal director of OutFront Minnesota, the state's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) advocacy group.
"We are in the process of gathering information. If the allegations are true that an off-duty police officer physically assaulted people while using comments that suggested that part of his motivation for doing so was his contempt for their sexual orientation, OutFront Minnesota, and the entire GLBT community, has reason to be concerned."
During the fight, witnesses said Loretz identified himself as a police officer, continued fighting, and threatened to use the powers of his office to close down Lucy's. Those allegations could lead to charges of misconduct by a public official, officials said.
When St. Paul, Minnesota police arrived at the scene shortly after 1 a.m. Sunday, the fight had spilled outside. Several bar employees and witnesses say Loretz ordered the arriving officers to round up people and move them back inside, then he left the scene in the confusion.
Some of the women involved in the fight have said Loretz received special consideration from officers at the scene, and the women have expressed doubt that he will be held accountable because of his family ties. Loretz, who was given up for adoption as an infant and raised in Wabasha, Minn., is Finney's biological son. Finney's wife, Linda, is an agent with the BCA, but she is not involved in the investigation.
At a news conference Monday, Finney said that investigators would look into whether Loretz was drinking at the bar. No breath or blood tests were administered to check for alcohol and drugs in Loretz's system that night because he left the scene and did not check in with superiors for three hours.
After-the-fact tests are done only if there is a belief that evidence of intoxication or a crime still exists, O'Malley said.
Other inquiries
Apart from the possible criminal charges there are also internal department investigations coming from St. Paul police. There also might be a review by the Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training, which could pull his license.
"Any felony conviction is an automatic revocation," said Neil Melton, executive director of the Peace Officer board. "Any gross misdemeanor conviction is handled on a case-by-case basis."
Melton said that any officer accused of a crime is required to notify the board "if they have been charged with anything." The board oversees about 9,500 licensed officers in Minnesota.
Melton said the board handles 12 to 15 such cases a year, with an average of two licenses revoked per year and about four suspensions issued.
In particular, the BCA is looking at whether Loretz had a gun, and if he did, whether he threatened patrons with it.
Several witnesses told investigators that once outside the bar Loretz reached for his pants leg as if he had a gun. An armed security guard passing by the bar stopped and reportedly kept the situation from escalating, witnesses said.
The BCA located the security guard Tuesday and expects to interview him soon, O'Malley said.
Loretz's attorney maintains his client never had a gun.
"He did not possess a firearm inside or outside the bar," Short said.
The BCA questioning has upset some of the witnesses, said LaTonya Noble, bar manager at Lucy's. She and several witnesses plan to hold a news conference today to voice their displeasure.
"They have been asking us misleading questions like we were in the wrong," Noble said. "They've asked whether we threw bottles at him or whether we had knives, but nothing about the officer's actions."
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