Acquitted former Marine wants police job back

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Acquitted former Marine wants police job back
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Dec 2, 2008 18:46:41 EST

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A former Marine acquitted of Iraq war crimes wants his job back with the Riverside Police Department.

Jose Luis Nazario Jr. was still a probationary officer when he was fired from the police force after his arrest in August 2007.

A year later, a civilian federal court jury acquitted the 29-year-old ex-Marine of charges that he killed or caused others to kill four unarmed detainees in Fallujah, Iraq.

After the not guilty verdicts, Nazario walked to the nearby police headquarters to ask for his job back. But his attorney Kevin McDermott says the “Riverside Police Department has not come through” for Nazario.

Police Chief Russ Leach said he couldn’t comment on a personnel matter and department spokesman Steven Frasher would only say Nazario is not on the force.


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