Ex-officer guilty of vehicular homicide in crash that killed 2

A former Rivera Beach police officer was found guilty Thursday of two counts of vehicular homicide almost three years after a crash claimed two lives.

Carl Rashad Johnson, now 35, was on duty at the time of the wreck on June 18, 2023.

Riviera Beach faces ‘significant legal’ ramifications after police officer charged in crash that killed 2

Investigators said Johnson was speeding more than 90 mph in a marked Riviera Beach police cruiser at about 1 a.m. when he slammed into a 2019 Hyundai Genesis G80 at Australian Avenue and West 13th Street in Riviera Beach.

The driver of the Hyundai, Danielle Bell, 43, as well as the passenger, Rodneshia Saunders, 29, died in the wreck…

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