A Miami police officer accused of going more than 120 miles per hour on Florida's Turnpike could avoid jail time if he accepts a prosecutor's plea offer.
Under the deal offered Monday, Officer Fausto Lopez would have to plead guilty or no contest to reckless driving to avoid a maximum 90-day jail term. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that Lopez has a week to decide. He previously pleaded not guilty.
Lopez was the officer caught on a Florida Highway Patrol car's dashboard camera after a trooper stopped him for speeding on the turnpike in Broward County. The widely viewed video showed the trooper approaching Lopez's police cruiser with her gun drawn and handcuffing him.
Lopez remains an officer with the Miami Police Department.
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