A Los Angeles police officer has been arrested over alleged car theft by Orange police detectives in relation to the theft of a vehicle from a used-car dealership in October 2019, officials said Tuesday.
Matthew Calleros was taken into custody Monday by detectives from the city of Orange. He was released from Orange County Jail in the early hours of Tuesday morning without bail, according to the records.
Orange police said investigators developed a lead that could help them to identify Calleros, a veteran officer in the Hollenbeck Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), in the theft of the vehicle on October 25, 2019, from a used-car dealership in the Orange County city.
Officials are working with the LAPD and Orange County district attorney, and the investigation is continued.
Calleros is a 24-year veteran of the LAPD. LAPD officials said they got to know about the investigation into Calleros on Monday.
“We are fully cooperating with the Orange Police Department, and we have also started our own personnel investigation,” the department’s statement read. “Officer Calleros has been assigned home and his peace officer powers suspended pending the result of both investigations.”
