HIALEAH, Fla. – A Hialeah police officer is facing a charge of driving under the influence in Broward County.
Florida Highway Patrol troopers arrested Sgt. Richard Quintero on Nov. 11, after he was involved in a crash while driving an unmarked police car in Tamarac.
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Quintero, 38, a 19-year veteran of the Hialeah Police Department, was off duty when he crashed with a civilian about 5 a.m., on the Sawgrass Expressway’s northbound lanes.
A trooper reported smelling “an odor of alcohol” on Quintero, who refused sobriety exercises. The other driver told an FHP trooper Quintero was speeding before the crash, according to the incident report.
Read portions of the FHP report