Florida Trooper Arrests Miami Police Officer in Marked Car for Speeding

A Miami Police officer was arrested at gunpoint and charged with reckless driving after allegedly leading the Florida Highway Patrol on a seven-minute chase in his squad car at speeds that reached 120 mph on Florida’s Turnpike in Broward County earlier this month.A highway patrol trooper pulled out her gun to arrest Fausto Lpez, 35, after he reportedly ignored repeated warnings to stop. Lpez could not be reached for comment. As of Saturday, he was still assigned to regular duty at the Miami Police Department, said Cmdr. Delrish Moss, “because at this point it’s a traffic offense.” The incident, first reported by Univision 23, started at 6:28 am Oct. 11 on the southbound turnpike at Commercial Boulevard, when a trooper, identified as DJ Watts, saw a Miami patrol car switching lanes in a dangerous manner.Watts turned on her lights and siren but couldn’t reach Lpez, who was driving more than 120 mph, the report said. At about 6:33 am, Watts caught up to Lpez. When she pulled in back of Lpez’s car, she once again activated her lights and siren, but Lpez ignored the warnings, according to the report, and kept going.Finally, at 6:35 am, seven minutes after the start of the high-speed chase, Lpez stopped his car near Hollywood. An FHP video given to Univision shows Watts approaching Lpez’s car with her gun drawn. “She drew her gun for her own safety based on the actions of the driver,” said Sgt. Mark Wysocky, an FHP spokesman in Broward. Watts ordered Lpez to step out <b>…</b>

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