2 Miami-Dade officials face charges after breaching public safety

Two men tasked with overseeing population safety in Miami-Dade County are facing serious charges accused of violating the same safety and trust they swore to enforce -year-old Omar Fernandez a Miami-Dade Corrections Division chief was arrested on Tuesday after representatives declared he crashed into a woman s car while driving his state-issued truck under the influence The woman s teen son was asleep in the car at the time of the crash at the intersection of Southwest th Street and Mills Drive in Kendall on Sunday night According to the arrest review Omar was asleep at the wheel at the time of the arrival of responding troopers slurring mumbling and incoherent When he was given a breathalyzer test hisblood alcohol levels came back at and nearly three times the legal limit According to the arrest statement Omar also failed every other element of the field sobriety test On Tuesday News visited his home to gather his perspective but a family member responded declining to comment Across the county -year-old Manuel Fernandez also had little to say after bonding out of jail on Tuesday The former Miami-Dade Fire Rescue lieutenant is facing counts of video voyeurism after bureaucrats accused him of secretly recording his coworkers Police say the camera disguised as a wall charger was placed in employee-only bathrooms across two separate fire stations between February and April The hidden camera was eventually determined by an MDFR employee on April according to detectives with a memory card containing over video clips showcasing male and female firefighters in vulnerable positions According to the arrest account he filmed different employees of whom have been positively identified and stated that they never granted Fernandez consent You were a lieutenant for the fire department stated News reporter Marisela Burgos Did you put those cameras in the bathroom No idea he disclosed When News required why they were accusing Manuel Fernandez he left in a waiting car with no response Detectives say a subsequent review of shift records linked Manuel as the only employee working at both Station and Station the two locations where the hidden camera was used As of Wednesday morning Manuel Fernandez has since been fired from MDFR Omar Fernandez is also without a job pending the outcome of the study