Acquittal Reached in ‘Fajitagate’ Brawl
A Sacramento County jury on Tuesday acquitted the son of a former top-ranking San Francisco police official of two felony assault charges and failed to reach a verdict on two misdemeanor charges in a trial stemming from an off-duty brawl that turned into a political scandal dubbed “fajitagate.â€
Former San Francisco Police Officer Alex Fagan Jr., 25, and two other officers were accused of assaulting Jade Santoro and Adam Snyder in November 2002 after Santoro refused to surrender a takeout bag of steak fajitas.
Fagan was acquitted of the felony charges involving Santoro, and a mistrial was declared on the misdemeanor simple assault charges involving Snyder.
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