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HAYWARD
Officer accused of having oral sex with boys
Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

A Hayward police officer threatened to shoot a 17-year-old boy if he told anyone that they had engaged in sexual activity and told him to keep a second alleged victim quiet, investigators said in court documents released Monday.

Officer Jeff Cristofani, 41, of Tracy was charged with three counts of oral copulation with a minor and two counts of intimidating or dissuading a witness.

Cristofani, an 18-year department veteran, appeared at the Hayward Hall of Justice on Monday but did not enter a plea. Judge Gary Picetti of Alameda County Superior Court ordered him to turn in any weapons, stay away from the alleged victims and to return to court April 26.

Cristofani, a weapons instructor with the department, did not speak to reporters before the hearing and was allowed to leave through a back route afterward. He was arrested Thursday and was released on $250,000 bail. He is on paid administrative leave.

The criminal complaint charges Cristofani with having oral sex with a boy between January 2000 and the end of 2001, and having oral sex with another boy twice in April 1997.

Cristofani is also charged with dissuading the second alleged victim from coming forward in recent months as police investigated accusations against the officer.

Cristofani's attorney, Terry Bowman, said the allegations came as a surprise to the officer, "and he's holding up as best as one could expect under the circumstances."

One alleged victim said he was 17 when he orally copulated Cristofani, Hayward police wrote in a statement that outlined grounds for the officer's arrest.

That accuser went to police in recent weeks and agreed to meet with Cristofani and carry a hidden tape recorder, the statement said. The accuser confronted Cristofani and alluded to a threat the officer allegedly made to "shoot him if (the alleged victim) ever disclosed their sexual affair," the statement said.

"Cristofani made specific references to his prior threat and their sexual affair," the police statement said.

The same alleged victim told police he believed the officer had sexually assaulted his friend and reported that Cristofani had told him during an Internet chat to keep his friend quiet, the statement said.

Police contacted that person, who said Cristofani had orally copulated him at the officer's Tracy home when he was 16 years old, police said.

A search of the officer's home after his arrest revealed images on his computer that "could be classified as child pornography" and photos depicting Cristofani "engaging in sexual relations with unknown young males," the statement said.



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