A Broward Sheriff’s Workplace (BSO) deputy is dealing with a number of expenses following an alleged home dispute along with his girlfriend, main a decide to seek out possible trigger throughout a Saturday bond court docket listening to.
Michel Quinones, 40, was arrested Friday and appeared earlier than a Broward County decide the following day. He’s now dealing with one depend every of theft by sudden snatching with out a weapon, tampering with a witness to hinder or delay communication with regulation enforcement, and battery involving relationship violence, based on jail information.
The alleged sufferer, Tiffany Sastre Carreras, spoke in Quinones’ protection through the listening to, expressing doubt about how the incident was being portrayed by prosecutors.
“I don’t suppose how the state is presenting the case is how the issues occurred,” Carreras advised the decide.
In response to prosecutors, the costs stem from an altercation wherein Quinones allegedly took Carreras’ cellphone after she talked about calling police.
“Sure, I did inform him that I used to be going to name the police and that was, between he grabbed my cellphone or I gave him the cellphone,” Carreras stated, explaining the alternate.
She added {that a} hole of about 20 minutes had handed between her preliminary remark and when the cellphone was taken.
“There have been most likely 20 minutes in between trigger I advised him I used to be going to name the cops however that was exterior my home and when he grabbed my cellphone we had been already within the storage. I had my cellphone in my hand however I used to be not actively making an attempt to name 911,” she stated.
Carreras advised the decide she didn’t imagine the theft cost match the scenario and emphasised that she didn’t really feel endangered.
“I’m not involved. I’m not in worry of my life or something like that,” she stated when requested about the potential of future contact with Quinones.
Regardless of her testimony, prosecutors requested a no-contact order based mostly on preliminary statements she made to regulation enforcement.
“She’s not remembering all accurately based mostly off her assertion to regulation enforcement. There was a reasonably violent incident. I might advocate no contact right now,” a state lawyer’s workplace consultant stated.
The decide set Quinones’ bond at $5,000, positioned him beneath customary pre-trial supervision, and issued a no dangerous contact order. He was additionally ordered to not possess any weapons or firearms.
The Broward Sheriff’s Workplace has not launched an announcement concerning Quinones’ present employment standing.
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