Avon Park Police Officer Alberto Perez was arrested Tuesday for the third time, this time facing perjury charges.
This stems from his previous arrest because he "testified under oath in an official proceeding that he has never taken money in exchange for a citation being issued or an arrest being made," according to the warrant affidavit filed by Sgt. Jason Lister of the APPD.
The testimony was taken during an interview with APPD Internal Affairs on April 23.
Perez was arrested a week later, on April 30, when an investigation into charges that he accepted money in lieu of making an arrest was substantiated by three witnesses.
He was booked into the Highlands County Jail on Tuesday and released on $5,000 bond.
Perez was initally arrested on Dec. 2 for extortion for allegedly taking $200 from a man during a traffic stop instead of writing a ticket. The April 30 arrest was for one additional count of extortion and one count of official misconduct stemming from a traffic crash where Perez allegedly falsified a crash report and took $300 in lieu of arresting a man for having a suspended license.
Perez is currently on unpaid administrative leave from the department.
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http://www2.highlandstoday.com/content/2009/may/06/la-perez-arrested-again-this-time-for-perjury/
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