Former Dubuque Police Officer Acquitted

A FORMER DUBUQUE POLICE OFFICER HAS BEEN ACQUITTED OF DOMESTIC ABUSE CHARGES.  A WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH TYLER BREITBACH, HAD ACCUSED HIM OF MULTIPLE INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.  

BREITBACH WAS AN OFFICER WITH THE DUBUQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT THE TIME. HE WAS ARRESTED IN MAY 2024.  COURT DOCUMENTS FILED SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARREST SAID THE WOMAN ACCUSED BREITBACH OF STRIKING HER IN THE FACE WITH AN OPEN HAND WHILE THEY WERE DRIVING HOME IN JUNE 2023.  

THE WOMAN ALSO ACCUSED HIM OF A SECOND INCIDENT IN WHICH SHE ALLEGED HE HAD PUSHED HER INTO A WALL AS HE BARGED INTO A HOME IN JULY 2023.  WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERVIEWED BREITBACH IN APRIL 2024, HE DENIED ANY PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE WOMAN, SAYING THE RELATIONSHIP WAS “TOXIC BUT NEVER PHYSICAL.”  A DUBUQUE COUNTY JURY ACQUITTED BREITBACH OF THE CHARGES.