A former Miami police homicide sergeant is expected to surrender to authorities on charges he ditched his car at an Interstate 95 car wreck.
A judge signed off on the warrant Wednesday for Juan “Johnny” Herrera, a longtime homicide investigator who retired after the Sept. 8 accident that injured four University of Miami students in a taxi.
Herrera will be charged with leaving the scene of an accident with injuries. He faces up to five years in prison if convicted.
Florida Highway Patrol investigators believe that Herrera rear ended the taxi on I-95 south near the Southwest 25th Road exit at about 3:40 a.m., then disappeared after leaving the car on foot. DNA taken from blood on the car’s airbag eventually placed him behind the wheel of his Mercedes-Benz that night.
Investigators, who found a six pack of beer in the car, could never test Herrera’s blood alcohol content because he was not at the scene.
Herrera is well known to viewers of The First 48, the A&E reality show that follows Miami homicide detectives as they investigate real-life murders.
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