Branch Wroth, 41, died while being held in a prone position by officers in 2017. Vilke is used to the accusations.

It happened during a confrontation at a motel on Friday. Branch Wroth died at the Budget Inn soon after police shot him with a taser. He was a 41-year-old construction worker from Cotati.

The death of Branch Wroth after being shocked with a Taser stun gun by Rohnert Park police Friday afternoon has already sparked a courtroom battle over the autopsy of the 41-year-old Forestville ...

Schwaiger represented Branch Wroth’s younger brother, Esa Wroth, in an excessive force lawsuit that the county settled for $1.25 million in 2015.

Rohnert Park Police Liable for $4 Million in Death of Handcuffed Man Branch Wroth died back in May 2017 at the Budget Inn on Redwood Drive, soon after police were called there because he had ...

The man was identified as 41-year-old Branch Wroth. He died during a fight with two officers who tried taking him into custody at the budget inn motel after an officer used a taser to subdue him.

The independent pathologist Dr. Arnold Josselson of the Forensic Medical Group determined the manner of 41-year-old Branch Wroth's death was homicide, meaning Wroth died at the hands of another ...

The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says Thursday’s award came in a lawsuit filed against the city of Rohnert Park over the 2017 death of Branch Wroth.

The incident that led to the death of 41-year-old Branch Wroth occurred after police responded to a disturbance call last week at a Budget Inn in Rohnert Park, said Sgt. Spencer Crum, a spokesman ...

The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat says Thursday’s award came in a lawsuit filed against the city of Rohnert Park over the 2017 death of Branch Wroth.