Miramar police sergeant accused of punching his girlfriend: Miami-Dade deputies

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Miramar police sergeant accused of punching his girlfriend: Miami-Dade deputies

A Miramar police sergeant was on paid administrative leave Tuesday after his girlfriend accused him of punching her in the face, authorities said.

Miramar police were notified by the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office of an off-duty incident involving 32-year-old Devarious Holloway, who has been with the department for nine years and was promoted to sergeant approximately a year ago, a spokesperson said.

Deputies were made aware of the domestic-violence allegations early Saturday morning when a woman showed up at one of the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office district stations to make a report against Holloway, an arrest affidavit said.

His girlfriend of two years, according to the affidavit, told deputies Holloway had hit her the night before. The encounter started around 7 p.m. Friday. She received a text message from Holloway stating, “Come outside, my mom wants to talk to you,” the affidavit said.

But his mother had been dead since 2017, she told deputies.

His girlfriend said she saw Holloway standing next to a vehicle so she walked toward her sister’s residence on the same property because she thought he would follow her, the affidavit said. Holloway went inside his girlfriend’s home instead.

When she walked inside, Holloway allegedly threw her cellphone at her, striking the door. He grabbed her by her shoulders and pushed her down onto the couch, the affidavit said. She told deputies she tried to stand up, but Holloway punched her in the mouth, causing a cut.

She ran to her bedroom and locked the door, the affidavit said. He followed her and started kicking the door, causing the frame to break. She told deputies he repeatedly questioned her about the status of their relationship and hit her again in the chest.

Holloway turned himself in on Monday afternoon at Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, where he was being held Tuesday on a $4,000 bond for charges of battery and criminal mischief, jail records show. His attorney, Lawrence Meltzer, declined to comment.

The Miramar Police Department acknowledged the accusations and started a thorough administrative review in accordance with policy and Holloway’s contract, an agency spokesperson said. The department “remains steadfast in its commitment to professionalism, accountability, and ethical conduct.”