Miami police officer Fausto Lopez fired after going 120 miles per hour on Turnpike
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Posted: 09/14/2012
MIAMI - A Miami police officer stopped after a state trooper clocked him going 120 miles per hour on Florida's Turnpike has been fired.
The Miami Police Department confirmed Friday that Fausto Lopez had been terminated a day earlier. An internal investigation report released in July stated that Lopez showed a pattern of reckless speeding and should be fired. Lopez pleaded no contest to reckless driving in April and avoided jail time.
Lopez's arrest last October was captured on a Florida Highway Patrol car's dashboard camera after a trooper stopped him for speeding in Broward County. The widely viewed video showed the trooper approaching Lopez's police cruiser with her gun drawn and handcuffing him.
A South Florida Sun Sentinel investigation using toll records found Lopez had regularly reached speeds over 100 mph on the turnpike.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
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