Joseph Benza III, 36, was charged last month with one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for the February 2023 confrontation. Benza entered his plea in L.A. federal court to ...

17, to assaulting a transgender man in the parking lot of a Whittier convenience store who allegedly flipped off the lawman. Joseph Benza III, 36, was charged last month with one felony count of ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy, Joseph Benza III, pleaded guilty to a federal civil ... Instead, he falsely claimed that Brock resisted arrest, distorting the events. Federal ...

The dismissals relate to a February 2023 incident in which then-23-year-old trans high school teacher Emmett Brock drove past deputy Joseph Benza III – who Brock alleges was berating a woman dur ...

Last month, former Sheriff’s Deputy Joseph Benza III indicated ... portions” of the incident and arrest report. In that report, Benza claimed that Brock had bitten him with enough force ...