Aaron Stringer and Rick Wimbish: Where are the BPD Officers Now?

With Hulu’s ‘Killing County’ dwelling as a lot as its title in every means conceivable, we get an actual notion into city of Bakersfield, California, which actually has “the deadliest law enforcement per capita.” This giant metropolis inside the state’s coronary coronary heart may need the soul of a small metropolis, however the manner by which it has carried itself over the previous couple of years is nothing wanting bewildering as a consequence of its police division. So now that this three-part genuine has uncovered quite a few interconnected tales regarding the an identical, let’s uncover out additional about officers Aaron Stringer and Rick Wimbish, particularly, we may?

Where is Aaron Stringer Now?

Although a 2009 Medal of Valor winner for saving his affiliate’s life all through a shootout whereby they’ve been every wounded, Aaron fell from grace reasonably shortly in 2014 as quickly as his misconduct acquired right here to gentle. After all, the then-35-year-old Senior Officer had not solely tickled and manipulated Ramiro James Villegas’ corpse however as well as overtly instructed his trainee that he “loves playing with dead bodies.” The actuality is his 22-year-old sufferer had actually been shot ineffective by fellow policemen following a vehicle chase on November 13, and he’d stroked him inside the morgue upon securing the crime scene.

It has on no account been unusual for high-ranking officers to take rookies into hospitals after such incidents to show them on every side, nonetheless they do have a single, clear rule of no touching. However, when displaying his subordinate Ramino’s physique, Aaron grazed his toes whereas saying “tickle, tickle,” pulled on his toes, moved his head, after which made the “playing” remark with enjoyable. As if that’s not ample, he even joked about rigor mortis, making the trainee uncomfortable ample to report him to the higher-ups and get him positioned on paid administrative go away by the fifteenth.

The reality Aaron had already been involved inside the August 6, 2014, capturing dying of 26-year-old Michael Dozer exterior a gasoline station didn’t help his case each, notably as a result of it was utterly pointless. Therefore, as quickly as his actions in direction of Ramino (aka James De La Rosa) have been deemed easy, he was let go from the Bakersfield Police Department for good, alongside along with his closing day being August 28, 2015. From what we are in a position to inform, the earlier cop has since hottest to stay successfully away from the spotlight, however it’s extraordinarily attainable he continues to reside spherical California alongside his family to at the moment.

Where is Rick Wimbish Now?

As a Bakersfield native by the use of and through, Rick had reportedly adopted in his father’s footsteps to hitch the police energy nearly as shortly as he was ready inside the hopes of serving his hometown. But the actuality is he has had a hand in at the very least 4 lethal shootings of unarmed males between 2013-2015, along with that of Jorge Ramirez, Justin Harger, Ramiro James Villegas, and Adrian Hernandez. According to info, he’d deployed his taser inside the Ramiro/James De La Rosa incident on November 13, 2014, whereas he’d actually opened fireside inside the Jorge and Justin case on September 16, 2013.

It thus comes as no shock Rick has often been positioned on go away, solely to always be cleared of any wrongdoing on the grounds of reasonability — as if his actions have been justified in these moments. Therefore, from what we are in a position to inform by the use of his restricted on-line presence, he continues to reside in Bakersfield, California, and would possibly nonetheless serve his metropolis due to his virtually three a very long time of police experience. We additionally must level out that he appears to be a fortuitously married family man who’s seemingly utterly content material materials with every his personal along with expert standing in the in the meantime.