Broward County Sheriff Deputy arrested for DUI and Reckless Driving

Broward County Deputy Carlos Hernandez was arrested by the Sheriff’s Workplace on costs of reckless driving and driving underneath the affect following a automotive crash that left a person injured earlier this 12 months.

Deputy Hernandez was arrested round 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13, at Broward Sheriff’s Workplace’s (BSO) Public Security Constructing. He faces a number of costs together with DUI Critical Bodily Harm to One other, DUI with Injury to Property or Particular person of One other, Reckless Driving Inflicting Critical Bodily Harm and Reckless Driving Inflicting Injury to Particular person or Property.

In accordance with BSO’s visitors murder investigators, round 5:45 a.m. on Sunday, Could 15, Deputy Hernandez who was off responsibility on the time, was driving his unmarked assigned automobile, a 2015 Ford Taurus, westbound on Pines Boulevard in Pembroke Pines. The investigation revealed that Deputy Hernandez was touring at a peak pace of 77 miles per hour for about 5 seconds earlier than crashing into the rear of a 2018 KIA Sportage. Deputy Hernandez’s pace at influence was 71 miles per hour. The posted pace restrict on that street is 45 miles per hour.

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On account of the influence, the sufferer’s automobile left the roadway, struck a tree and rolled onto its roof. The sufferer was transported to Memorial Regional Hospital for therapy for accidents sustained within the crash.

On account of the investigation, detectives decided that Deputy Hernandez operated the automobile “in a reckless method, displaying a willful or wanton disregard for the protection and/or property of others.”

“It’s by no means OK to drive underneath the affect or in a reckless method that places lives in danger. Too many lives and too many households have been destroyed by such actions. We are going to make it possible for those that break the regulation, together with our personal staff, are held to account after they commit crimes,” Sheriff Gregory Tony mentioned.

Deputy Carlos Hernandez was employed by BSO on September 12, 2017. Following his arrest on Tuesday, his standing modified from suspended with pay to suspended with out pay.