An ex-Hialeah officer was found guilty Tuesday of armed kidnapping charges but was acquitted of battery charges after being accused of kidnapping and beating a.
An ex-Hialeah officer was found guilty Tuesday of armed kidnapping charges but was acquitted of battery charges after being accused of kidnapping and beating a.
Rafael Otano, a former Hialeah police officer, was awaiting sentencing after a jury in Miami-Dade County found him guilty of armed kidnapping on Tuesday night.
From the start, the prosecution’s goal seemed daunting: Prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a Hialeah police officer kidnapped a homeless man from a strip mall, drove him miles away to a remote wooded area, beat him bloody and unconscious and left him to fend for himself.
An ex-Hialeah officer was found guilty Tuesday of armed kidnapping charges but was acquitted of battery charges after being accused of kidnapping and beating a.