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Police Union President: Clerical Error Leads to Arrest Warrant Being Issued for Miami Officer

Charges were mistakenly filed in 2023 for a 2020 littering citation already resolved with a paid $25 fine, leading to the wrongful arrest of officer Guillermo Arteaga.

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The Broward County State Attorney’s Office has cleared a Miami police officer of wrongdoing after he was initially accused of failing to show up at a court hearing related to a littering citation from years ago, Local 10 learned Friday.

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The State Attorney in Broward County, Harold Pryor, publicly apologized to a Miami police officer after he was arrested for an administrative error. According to court documents, Officer Guillermo Arteaga originally resolved a case for dumping garbage in 2020 before Judge Terri-Ann Miller in the Broward County Court. Despite this ruling, the Broward State Attorney’s Office filed charges for the same incident. “This was an unforgivable procedural…

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NBC Miami broke the news in Miami, United States on Friday, August 15, 2025.
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