City of Miami police officer accused of driving intoxicated after night out with girlfriend

MIAMI — A City of Miami police officer was arrested last weekend on a DUI charge after a night out with his girlfriend, authorities said.

According to an arrest report obtained Wednesday by Local 10 News, a Miami police officer pulled over Officer Ernesto Alfonso Mendez, 35, at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday as he was driving a black Jeep near the intersection of Northwest 67th Avenue and 169th Street.

The officer requested that the Florida Highway Patrol respond to the scene and told a trooper he saw Mendez making an improper lane change at the Northwest 67th Avenue exit ramp from the Palmetto Expressway westbound…

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