Day Four: Officer Raymond Maldonado takes the stand; fluent in Spanish

Officer Raymond Maldonado has taken the stand to testify. He is a patrol officer who speaks Spanish, employed by the UPD. He says he learned to speak Spanish when he was a child and other family members of his speak Spanish. He says his grandparents from Puerto Rico barely spoke English, and so, living with them, he was immersed in the language.

Maldonado says that he has often spoke Spanish in his work at the UPD and has provided translating services to Spanish speaking witnesses, victims, etc, in his work with UPD. His foundation and background with the Spanish language is then laid out for the court.