Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi with his wife, Eliana Lopez. File photo by Luke Thomas.
By Luke Thomas
January 13, 2012
Newly-elected Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi is to face as many as three misdemeanor criminal charges related to an alleged domestic violence incident on New Year’s Eve involving his wife, Eliana Lopez.
The district attorney’s office is expected to file charges of domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading a witness, according to the Associated Press via an unidentified source.
Mirkarimi and Lopez have denied any wrongdoing and will fight the charges, Mirkarimi’s spokesperson Jim Stearns told the San Francisco Chronicle.
“He’s going to fight it,” Stearns said. “He and Eliana just believe there has been no incident of domestic violence.”
It is unknown what exactly transpired at the couple’s residence on December 31st. The incident was first reported to police by the couple’s neighbor, Ivory Madison, on January 4th. According to evidence documented by Madison, and later seized by police, Lopez received a bruise on her right arm during the alleged incident.
Luke Thomas
Luke Thomas is a former software developer and computer consultant who proudly hails from London, England. In 2001, Thomas took a yearlong sabbatical to travel and develop a photographic portfolio. Upon his return to the US, Thomas studied photojournalism to pursue a career in journalism. In 2004, Thomas worked for several neighborhood newspapers in San Francisco before accepting a partnership agreement with the SanFranciscoSentinel.com, a news website formerly covering local, state and national politics. In September 2006, Thomas launched FogCityJournal.com. The BBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News, New York Times, Der Spiegel, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, 7x7, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Bay Guardian and the San Francisco Weekly, among other publications and news outlets, have published his work. Thomas is a member of the Freelance Unit of the Pacific Media Workers Guild, TNG-CWA Local 39521 and is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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