Rafael Pérez (police officer)
| Rafael Perez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 22, 1967 Humacao, Puerto Rico |
| Other names | Ray Lopez |
| Police career | |
| Department |  Los Angeles Police Department |
| Allegiance |
 State of California
|
| Country |
 United States of America
|
| Years of service | 1989–1998 |
| Rank | Sworn in as an officer (1989) Police Officer 3 (1994) |
| Other work | Convicted in connection to the LAPD Rampart Scandal (plea bargain), government witness |
Ray Lopez (born Rafael Antonio Pérez; August 22, 1967) is a former Los Angeles Police Department, Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) officer and the central figure in the LAPD Rampart Scandal, shot and framed Javier Ovando, and stole and resold at least $800,000 of cocaine from LAPD evidence lockers.
He is accused of being a member of the Bloods, a notorious Los Angeles gang, and murdering rapper The Notorious B.I.G. at the behest of Suge Knight of Death Row Records. When Pérez was finally arrested, he implicated 70 other Rampart Division officers in various forms of misconduct, ranging from bad shootings to consuming alcohol while on duty. At least 106 LAPD arrests were overturned based on Pérez's testimony.
Rafael Antonio Pérez was born in Puerto Rico in 1967 and moved to Brooklyn in 1972; some months later he moved to Paterson, New Jersey and then he would eventually move to Philadelphia in 1982.
Pérez graduated from high school in 1985 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was hired by the LAPD after leaving the military in 1989. Prior to this, he had been a reject and passed over for hiring by background investigators from several other departments in Southern California. He also looked and acted in a "gang like" manner.
He married Lorri Charles in August 9, 1985. In 1988 they moved to Los Angeles. The couple split up in 1989 after Lorri discovered that Pérez cheated on her with another marine. He lived alone in 1992 in Chino Hills. The two officially divorced in 1993 when he married his second wife, LAPD dispatcher Denise Aubry. In 1998 the two settled in Los Angeles.
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