SUSPICIOUS

Miami Police Power Couple Suspended After Alleged DUI Crash Cover Up

An anonymous email was sent to police leadership three weeks ago accusing Deputy Chief Ronald Papier of covering up a crash for his wife.

Two top-ranking Miami police officers, who happen to be married to each other, have been suspended after being accused of covering up a car crash, the Miami New Times reports. Deputy Chief Ronald Papier and high-ranking Commander Nerly Papier were put on paid leave on Friday. The Miami Police Department did not give a reason but the Miami New Times reports that it comes three weeks after an anonymous email sent to the head of the department accused Ronald of covering up a crash for his wife. The email alleged Nerly was “under the influence of control substances” when she crashed a police car and kept driving it on its rims back to the police department, before calling her husband.

The New Times verified that Nerly was involved in a crash the same day that the email alleged, and that it wasn’t reported until five hours later, a violation of the department policy.