Pictures taken by authorities show a Miami-Dade Corrections officer sleeping inside his county-issued car after, investigators said, he caused a crash in Kendall while driving under the influence, and that is just the beginning of his legal troubles.

The black and white pictures show Miami-Dade Civilian Corrections Chief Omar Fernandez out cold in the driver’s seat of his county-issued car on the night of July 6.

The pictures, obtained exclusively by 7News, show the 50-year-old jail official passed out and allegedly drunk, moments after he was discovered by Florida Highway Patrol troopers.

According to FHP, Fernandez plowed into an SUV occupied by a mother and her teenage son on the intersection of Kendall Drive and Mills Drive.

Along with being arrested and the placed on administrativ

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