Matthew Minnick

If you were arrested by Officer Minnick in Amherst County, the numbers show an unusually strong path toward conviction. His dismissal rate is 5.6 percent, which is dramatically below Virginia's statewide average of 34.7 percent. This means cases he initiates are far less likely to be dropped before trial. He ranks in the bottom 2.3 percentile statewide, indicating his arrest patterns result in convictions at rates comparable to very few other officers across Virginia. This doesn't mean your case is hopeless, but it does mean the typical outcome for his arrests leans heavily toward conviction rather than dismissal.

Nearly all of Officer Minnick's 258 cases fall under "Other" charges, which makes up 254 cases with a 4.8 percent dismissal rate. Because he rarely files the common, high-dismissal charges that dominate statewide statistics, his cases tend to move through the system with fewer obstacles. Regardless of your specific charge category, you're looking at arrest data from an officer whose cases almost never get dismissed before conviction.