US cop found guilty in ‘citizen’s arrest’ of men he followed to retrieve wife’s phone

Investigators and prosecutors said Delgado took it upon himself to track the men down even after they made arrangements with the valet to return her phone the following day. — Photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash

An Aventura police officer was found guilty on Dec 12 of holding two men at gunpoint in Pompano Beach because he thought they had stolen his wife’s cellphone.

David Delgado was in uniform and travelling in his marked patrol car on May 20 this year when he confronted the two men, described during the trial as musicians who were performing at a festival in Bayfront Park. The men had gone shopping at the Aventura Mall and used a valet to park. The valet, the officer’s wife, accidentally left her phone in the men’s car.