ORLANDO, Fla. — An Orange County Sheriff’s Office patrol deputy was fired Friday after he was arrested while off-duty for fleeing a traffic stop by Lake County deputy sheriffs earlier this week.
Along with fleeing and eluding law enforcement, Juan Morales-Padilla, 44, faces a charge of resisting arrest and has since been released on bond from the Lake County Jail, records show.
Deputies tried stopping Morales-Padilla after he illegally weaved past another vehicle on his motorcycle Wednesday night, but he sped up after the deputy activated his patrol car’s lights and siren, video released by the Lake County Sheriff’s Office showed. Instead of chasing him, deputies ran the motorcycle’s license plate and went to Morales-Padilla’s home in Groveland, according to an affidavit.