‘Horrified by It’: Five Miami Beach Officers Face Battery Charges After Violent Arrests at Hotel
All of the officers involved in the incident, which was caught on camera, have been suspended.
Jessica Holly/Twitter
Miami-Dade prosecutors announced Monday that five Miami Beach police officers have been charged with battery for two violent arrests made at the Royal Palm Hotel on July 26. More charges may follow for Sgt. Jose Perez, and officers Kevin Perez, Robert Sabater, Steven Serrano, and David Rivas, who have been suspended since the incident, said State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle. Surveillance footage from the hotel shows the officers kicking Dalonta Crudup—whom they’d been chasing for illegally parking a scooter—as he was handcuffed on the ground. Another man, Khalid Vaughn, was also allegedly punched as he recorded what was going on. Officers allegedly punched and kicked both men during the arrests. “We’re all really horrified by it,” Fernandez Rundle said Monday.
Breaking: Miami Dade SAO announces 5
— Jessica Holly (@JhollyW) August 2, 2021
Miami Beach Police Officers charged with battery after review of police body camera and surveillance from July 26th arrests at Royal Palm Hotel @wsvn @MiamiBeachPD pic.twitter.com/HE1E8XnBoB
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