Valencia county detective investigated after road rage incident

RECORDS A VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPUTY IS FACING AN INTERNAL INVESTIGATION AFTER WE START ASKING QUESTIONS THE DEPUTY WAS INVOLVED IN A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT WHERE HE PULLED HIS GUN ON THE OTHER DRIVER BUT HE NEVER TOLD HIS BOSSES ABOUT IT CRIS ORNELAS WAS THE FIRST TO TELL THE SHERIFF WHAT HAPPENED HE S HERE WITH THE SHERIFF S REACTION WHEN WE TOLD THE SHERIFF ONE OF HIS DETECTIVES HAD PULLED A GUN ON ANOTHER DRIVER WHILE OFF DUTY AND IN ALBUQUERQUE HE QUOTE— BLEW A GASKET— THAT S BECAUSE THE DETECTIVE HADN T TOLD ANYONE ABOUT THE INCIDENT IT WAS JUST OVER A WEEK AGO WHEN HOMICIDE DETECTIVE AARON JONES FROM THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF S OFFICE WAS OFF DUTY AND DRIVING HIS PERSONAL VEHICLE THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE WITH HIS KIDS JONES WAS HEADING WEST ON I- 40 NEAR WYOMING WHEN HE CALLED 9- 1-1 ABOUT A SEMI CUTTING HIM OFF IN TRAFFIC we tried to get around him he literally took his truck and forced me into the concrete barrier i didn t hit it but he was using his truck pretty much as a weapon JONES STAYED ON THE PHONE WITH 911 WHILE HE FOLLOWED THE SEMI THROUGH SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC AS THEY PASSED THROUGH THE SAN MATEO CONSTRUCTION ZONE i m literally about three cars behind him and its all i can do to keep from going up there and jerking him out of the truck do you need to make contact with apd oh absolutely i want to press charges on him i mean literally i want you guys to do it cause if not i m gonna drag him out of the damn truck JONES TAILS THE SEMI TO THE LOVES TRUCK STOP AT 6TH AND I-40 WHERE JONES AND THE TRUCK DRIVER– 54 YEAR OLD RALPH DEPIPPO– CONFRONTED ONE ANOTHER i m a police officer i m telling get back away from me don t point that thing at me i m telling you get away from my door or i ll shoot your get the back from me AS THE DISPATCHER LISTENS YOU CAN HEAR THE TRUCK DRIVER TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO JONES WHAT HAPPENED IN TRAFFIC you reach in this car and i ll shoot you did you know somebody pushed me over into you DEPUTY JONES HELD DEPIPPO AT GUNPOINT UNTIL ALBUQUERQUE OFFICERS ARRIVED you point that gun you better use it 37 04 i m telling you you better back away i m in my vehicle you ran up to me 37 08 thats because you were chasing my THE ARRIVING OFFICERS SAY JONES KIDS WERE IN THE BACKSEAT CRYING AS THE TWO MEN ARGUED ITS NOT CLEAR IF JONES EVER SHOWED THE TRUCKER A BADGE TO PROVE HE WAS A DEPUTY BUT THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS AS SOON AS JONES PULLED A GUN AND IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS A DEPUTY HE WAS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY HIS BOSSES ABOUT THE INCIDENT BUT FOR MORE THAN EIGHT DAYS THEY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT UNTIL WE TOLD THEM TODAY NEITHER JONES OR DEPIPPO WERE ARRESTED OR CHARGED BY ALBUQUERQUE POLICE WE ASKED BOTH APD AND THE VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF A REGULAR PERSON WERE TO DO EXACTLY WHAT DETECTIVE JONES DID BOTH TOLD US THE PERSON WOULD BE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AGAIN— VALENCIA COUNTY WILL OPEN AN INTERNAL