Source: WSVN 7 News
A high-ranking corrections officer has found himself on the wrong side of the law after, troopers said, he was driving under the influence when he caused a crash and was found sleeping inside his county-issued car.
According to FHP troopers, 50-year-old Miami-Dade Corrections chief Omar Fernandez was “slurred, mumbled and incoherent” when found following the Sunday night crash in the intersection of Southwest 88th Street and Mills Drive in Kendall.
The crash involved an SUV carrying a woman and her teen child.
The arrest report states that troopers found Fernandez sitting in his county-owned car fast asleep in the passenger seat. When he woke up, he had an “obvious odor of alcoholic beverage emanating from his mouth as he spoke and his eyes were bloodshot.”
Witnesses identified Fernandez as the driver.
The report also described how Fernandez failed every element of the field sobriety test and agreed to a breath test.
7News door knocked at Fernandez’s home on Tuesday, but a family member said they had no comment.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Fernandez has bonded out of jail, but he faces several charges, including DUI with damage to property.
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