Two Florida officers arrested, accused of issuing citations to drivers they never pulled over

[Demovictory9]

Two Hialeah police officers have been arrested for allegedly writing fake traffic tickets.

Armando Perez and Ernesto Arias-Martinez have been charged with official misconduct and falsifying public records.

The victims of the alleged false tickets received multiple traffic citations without ever knowing they had committed a traffic violation.

On Feb. 13, 2020, one victim officially received 18 citations. The following day, he received an additional six.

He said he never actually got a physical citation and he started getting mail about legal representation for traffic court.



https://blacksportsonline.com/2021/04/florida-cops-arrested-for-writing-issuing-fake-traffic-tickets-to-black-men/

Two Florida police officers were arrested and are accused of issuing citations to drivers they never pulled over.

Hialeah, Fla., Officers Ernesto Arias-Martinez and Armando Perez were arrested and are being accused of issuing dozens of citations to nine people they never pulled over or made aware the tickets happened, the Miami-Herald reported.

The two are being charged with felony counts of official misconduct and falsifying public records.


The duo was caught when a defense law firm called Reicel Sosa Polo asking him if he wanted legal help for the 10 traffic tickets he had received, but Polo did not know what the firm was talking about.

Polo said he remembered passing two motorcycle officers, but he was never pulled over.

Roso filed a complaint with Hialeah police, as did another woman who got a letter from the state saying she had six unpaid tickets she needed to pay or her license would be suspended. Like Roso, this woman was never

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/549712-two-florida-officers-arrested-accused-of-issuing-citations-to-drivers


https://blacksportsonline.com/2021/04/florida-cops-arrested-for-writing-issuing-fake-traffic-tickets-to-black-men/

[Aristus]

1. It was nice of them to at least pass up the opportunity to shoot people for no reason.

That's something, I guess...

[Demovictory9]

2. yeah, but imagine the risk to the black male - they issued 24 tickets to him without his knowledge

if he had been really been pulled over... it would not have been pretty

[Cracklin Charlie]

7. Was just wondering the motivation.

There has to be some direction behind all this, right?

Random cops issuing random tickets to random individuals? I’m having more and more trouble seeing all this as random.

[sop]

9. They were probably behind on their weekly quota of tickets, and were just catching up.

[malaise]

15. It's making money because the rich no longer pay taxes

Make the blacks pay for institutional racism.

The entire system is fucked up

[msfiddlestix]

16. Two Incentives I can think of

First is the $ bonuses for number of citations issued, which also rewards the precinct financially, and the city.

Citations that are not paid, leads to suspended licenses. Driving around with a suspended license triggers an immediate Warrant for Arrest.

Second, driving with a suspended licenses is a likely driving with a warrant for his/her arrest.

Lots more money for the City and police there, not to mention the added benefit of removing people of color from civic life, and an added bonus in destroying their voter eligibility rights.

$$$$ and one less legal voter for Democratic Party.

[Hortensis]

11. Very unpleasant for anyone in that circumstance. The chances,

though, that anyone, including a black male, would be beat and/or shot are very, very low. I've never had 24 unpaid tickets, but arrest sounds all too possible.

[Takket]

6. yeah don't they know if they fell like criminaling they are supposed to kill someone, not write fake

tickets???

[lostnfound]

8. A vast improvement, really.

When the bar is so low, it’s easy to improve upon it.

[Aristus]

10. Weird, isn't it?

They were trying to fulfill their ridiculous citation quota, and they did it without hurting anyone.

Well, some citizens got defrauded out of some cash, but on a scale from Barney Fife to Derek Chauvin, that puts them on the 'good cop' side.

[Dawson Leery]

3. And their unions protect them.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. The Union washed their hands of them. Which is a huge surprise.

[uponit7771]

4. K&R, their unions will give them medals for increasing flow of revenue to the city

[obamanut2012]

17. Incorrect

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. To lazy to do traffic stops?

Lazy effers

[sop]

12. Miami Dade cops (Hialeah is part of Miami Dade county) are known for this sort of thing.

I had a car stolen in Miami. I reported it to my insurance company. They settled the theft loss, took title of my stolen vehicle as part of the settlement, and I bought a replacement. Apparently, the thief who stole my car continued driving it all over Miami for the next few months, using the same license plate that was on the car when it was stolen.

While the thief was driving the stolen car, he amassed over twenty parking tickets, several toll booth violations, four red light camera violations, and finally towing and storage fees when he abandoned the car months later. Naturally, the various police departments issuing these violations never bothered to find out it was a stolen vehicle, and no longer in my name. Consequently, all the notices for unpaid fines and fees ended up being sent to me, with letters threatening arrest.

After dozens of calls, letters and visits to the various local and state agencies, I finally had to hire an attorney to sort out the whole mess. It took over a year. I pity the poor souls who received these tickets; it will take them years to sort out this mess.

[Demovictory9]

13. omg. that's horrible and scary

[Demovictory9]

18. perp walk