By Patrick McNamara
The trial of a former Tucson
Police officer accused of raping an arrestee continues today in Pima County
Superior Court.
The internal affairs detective
who investigated Benjamin Gaballa testified Friday that the woman who accused
the former officer of rape in 2013 was able to guide investigators directly to
the location where the alleged assault occurred. Her directions corresponded
with GPS information taken from Gaballa’s squad car.
A police crime lab analyst
testified that palm and fingerprints of the woman, whose identity the Arizona
Daily Star has protected, were found on the rear passenger side of Gaballa’s
squad car as well as on the side of the prisoner screen that separates
arrestees from officers.
The detective testified that
when he inspected Gaballa’s car, it was covered with dirt and dust except for
portions of the rear passenger side quarter panel, which appear to have been
wiped clean.
