Prosecutors dropped domestic battery expenses from a 24-year-outdated Miramar Police Officer.
In December of 2023, Orlando Marrero was arrested and billed with domestic battery next an alleged altercation with his girlfriend.
According to authorities, the incident took spot at the couple’s Hialeah house, wherever Marrero was accused of putting his palms all-around his girlfriend’s neck.
Marrero has been serving as an officer with the Miramar Law enforcement considering that August 2022. He denied any wrongdoing.
His lawyer, Stephan Lopez, on Monday stated prosecutors dismissed the circumstance due to the fact of issues they confronted with the alleged victim and witness availability.
Marrero’s attorney spoke solely to 7News following the selection.
“He’s a police officer, he handed all the background checks, did all the correct points, and he uncovered himself in this condition. A nightmare for him, it was a limited-lived nightmare, but nightmare however, and it has appear to an conclude,” stated Lopez.
Marrero was suspended from obligation, but his lawyer mentioned he is hoping to go again to operate.