{"id":181952,"date":"2026-03-07T11:25:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181952\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T11:25:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T11:25:51","slug":"miami-police-chief-says-embattled-officer-has-been-relieved-of-duty-pending-criminal-investigation-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181952\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Police chief says embattled officer has been relieved of duty pending criminal investigation &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales is providing new details on serious allegations <a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/7news-source-miami-police-officer-reassigned-amid-investigation-into-improper-behavior-involving-prostitutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">against one of his officers.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to 7News on Friday, Morales said Officer Remy Martinez is off the job and the subject of a criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, he\u2019s been relieved of duty. He has absolutely no police powers, and he\u2019s sitting at home, waiting for the investigation to be over,\u201d said Morales.<\/p>\n<p>While Morales wasn\u2019t able to provide details of the alleged criminal offense, 7News sources say Martinez is accused of taking an unauthorized break and then meeting with two prostitutes in Miami\u2019s Overtown neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Sources say on March 2, Martinez was on duty but wasn\u2019t responding to calls. This prompted his colleagues to conduct a brief police search for his cruiser.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, the source said his police car was found at an apartment complex at Northwest First Avenue and 15th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Officers watched as Martinez walked out of an apartment at the complex. Then, the source said, investigators watched two prostitutes emerge from the same building.<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, police later questioned the two prostitutes and confirmed that Martinez paid them to engage in sex. Both prostitutes then underwent DNA testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe located, identified that there was some nefarious activity, and took very swift action,\u201d said Morales. \u201cWe\u2019re working very closely with Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office to make sure the proper charges are added as our investigation goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martinez is currently suspended with pay.<\/p>\n<p>Morales says the police department will brief the media on a case update upon completion of its criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; Miami Police Chief Manuel Morales is providing new details on serious allegations against one of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181953,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-181952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181952","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181952\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}