MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Four Miami-Dade police officers had been indicted by way of a grand jury in reference to a fatal 2019 shootout involving police and two males who had hijacked a UPS truck, the Police Benevolent Association showed to Local 10 News Monday.
It was once Dec. 5, 2019, when two armed robbers, Lamar Alexander, and Ronnie Jerome Hill, each then 41, robbed a jewellery retailer in Coral Gables earlier than main police on a 25-mile chase after they hijacked a UPS truck with driving force Frank Ordonez in it.
(*4*) stated Ordonez’s mom, Lucy Apolinario.
The truck went thru more than one towns in Miami-Dade County, ultimately finishing up in Miramar. It changed into trapped at an intersection with folks using house from paintings at rush hour.
A complete of 20 police officers from 4 departments — Miami-Dade County, Pembroke Pines, Miramar and the Florida Highway Patrol — had been curious about a shootout, as a initial investigation published that round 200 bullets struck the UPS truck.
Also killed was once Richard Cutshaw, a person who was once in his automobile, 8 miles from his house in Pembroke Pines, using from his union consultant process in Miramar and stopped at a mild. Cutshaw was once stuck within the crossfire.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) passed over its findings to the Broward State Attorney’s Office on Sept. 15, 2021.
It remains to be unclear what the character of the fees towards the officers shall be.
The PBA shared a observation with Local 10 News that learn, partly:
“We’re extremely disappointed that after almost five years, these officers are finding themselves indicted for something they had seconds to decide. The Broward State Attorney’s office is prosecuting officers for responding to armed subjects, where they just got done prosecuting an officer for not responding in Parkland.”
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