The following information was released by the Fairfield Police Department regarding an April 20 call where a family reported a kidnapping and car theft.
Community: Car Theft & Kidnapping Case Update
Cases involving a missing child are one of the most emotional ones we investigate. To the family of the missing child, this is the most horrific worst case scenario of their lives. To the officers investigating the case, the stakes couldn’t be higher. We understand the emotional roller coaster the family is going through. Our first concern however is with the missing child and bringing them home safe. The Fairfield Police Department has a variety of resources available which we utilized in the case of Brock Guzman. We have an obligation and duty to be as thorough as possible and consider everything that may have occurred. Here is a summary of the timeline of the events on April 20, 2015 –
04:47am Call received by Fairfield Police Dispatch
04:50am First Fairfield Police Officers on scene
04:56am Supervisor requests activation of the County Wide Intersection Observation Plan
05:00am Vehicle is entered into the state Stolen Vehicle System
05:11am Supervisor requests an Amber Alert be initiated
05:19am Emergency Notification Tactical Alert Center at the CHP was contacted to issue the Amber Alert
As these events were unfolding numerous officers were searching Fairfield for the vehicle and Brock. Once all the immediate resources were activated, officers began the basic steps of investigating the missing child. One of the basic steps is to search areas where the child may hide when they are afraid, including inside their home. Even though our initial information was that Brock was last seen in the vehicle, it was only assumed he remained inside when it was stolen. In order to account for every possible scenario, including Brock escaping as the vehicle was being taken, officers requested to search the Guzman home to make sure Brock was not inside hiding.
Suzanne Guzman refused to consent to officers checking her home for Brock. A Police Sergeant and one of our Crisis Intervention trained officers spoke to Suzanne Guzman for several minutes in an attempt to explain why we needed to search her home and gain compliance. Suzanne Guzman continually refused, at one point demanding we get a search warrant. Officers became so concerned they had dispatchers log the fact we were being denied entry into the home.
Based on the growing concern for Brock, and the exigent need to check the home, officers approached the front door. As they did, one officer saw a “reddish substance smeared in the carpet” that at first look appeared to be blood. Suzanne Guzman got up and pushed past officers toward the front door attempting to enter the residence. Suzanne Guzman refused to move away from the door and struggled with officers as they attempted to move her away from the door. After a short struggle, she was detained in handcuffs. Paul Guzman was also later detained in handcuffs for trying to interfere with officers searching the home.
The officers of the Fairfield Police Department understand the emotional response by the family in this situation. The safety of Brock Guzman was of the utmost concern to us. It was the actions of the family during this investigation that caused us concern and ultimately led to their arrest. Both Suzanne and Paul Guzman were later released without any charges being filed. The investigation into the car theft and kidnapping is ongoing.
Officer Body Camera Video from this incident can be viewed on our You Tube page at –
WARNING – EXTREME FOUL LANGUAGE.
7 comments
Wow! Classic example of police violating constitutional rights. People are tired of being walked on. When the story was being reported in progress, the media was even led to believe that the child was actually in the house. When everything was said and done, the child was found in the abandoned car.
Why do people think that you have to give up all your constitutional rights to get the police to help you?
You shouldn’t however if it’s involving your child and you have nothing illegal to hide, you shouldn’t give two shits about your rights and let the officers explore every possible scenario to get your child back end of story.
@BirdPuk I was wondering what constitutional rights you think were violated by these police officers? The police didn’t violate anything and in my opinion was very courteous to this woman who was obviously stressed.
I can tell you that I have responded to numerous missing kid reports where the kid goes back into the house and climbs back into bed or walks into the back yard to play with his dog.
Furthermore, the cops don’t need to have a warrant to search the house if they are doing a welfare check for the alleged missing kid. That doesn’t give them the right to search through medicine cabinets or file cabinets for drugs but they can enter the house and search the areas where a child might hide or be injured.
Here is an example, your mother calls you from San Diego and says she doesn’t feel good and is going to lay down. Eight hours later, mom hasn’t called you and your worries so you send the local Police by her house to check on her. Would you rather them spend 4-5 hours writing a warrant and finding a judge or would you rather them do a “Welfare Check” and make sure your mom is laying on the floor suffering from a stroke and having them possibly save her life.
In the end, the police officers here had to take steps to insure a legal and truthful investigation was taking place and they followed the steps outlined by the government. As you can read below because I have attached it, the first criteria for an Amber Alert for instance is to CONFIRM an abduction has taken place.
I’m sorry that you are very uneducated in this area @Birdpuk and I’m hoping this clears things up a bit for you.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has strict guidelines before they can issue an Amber Alert and the Police Officers have several things they need to do prior to making an Missing Juvenile report.
•Law enforcement must confirm that an abduction has taken place
•The child is at risk of serious injury or death
•There is sufficient descriptive information of child, captor, or captor’s vehicle to issue an alert
•The child must be 17 years old or younger
•It is recommended that immediate entry of AMBER Alert data be entered in FBI’s National Crime Information Center. Text information describing the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the child should be entered, and the case flagged as Child Abduction.
I think the cops did their job and did it well. The child was found, thank goodness.
At Johnny Law…. Ty for ur detailed explanation of the law. But next time save ur breath, as people like Bird shit will never get it and always assume the police are out to get them.
This mother was ridiculous and prob had yet to take her meds. If u distrust the police that much…why call them to help? Thank God the boy was ok but this whole story seems fishy.
Oh my god!! This woman should not even be allowed to have a kid with the way she acts/talks. The poor kid was probably better off when he was missing then having to go back to what I’m sure is nothing but a hell hole with that psycho chick.
Oh my god!! This woman should not even be allowed to have kids with the way she talks/acts. The poor kid was probably better off when missing than having to be returned to what I’m sure is a hell-hole of a home with this psycho chick. Poor kid.
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