( CNN ) -- A Miami police officer in a marked squad car has been charged with reckless driving , accused of zigzagging through Florida Turnpike traffic at more than 120 miles an hour so that he could be on time for his off-duty job , the Florida Highway Patrol said Saturday . Officer Fausto Lopez , 35 , of Miami was handcuffed at gunpoint earlier this month and charged with second-degree reckless driving , a misdemeanor , according to the highway patrol 's offense report . Lopez was eventually released , authorities said . In a pursuit videotaped on the trooper 's in-car camera , Lopez led Florida highway patrol officer D.J . Watts on a seven-minute , almost 12-mile chase in pre-dawn darkness on Tuesday , October 11 , the report said . The state patrol officer was driving on the turnpike when the white marked Miami police car blew by at a high rate of speed and `` crossed over all lanes of traffic , '' the report said . The highway patrol officer could n't even overtake the Miami police car `` due to the unit traveling extremely reckless , in and out of traffic at high rates of speed , in excess of 120 mph , '' according to the report . The Miami cop ignored the state patrol officer 's siren and lights -- and even `` accelerated '' at times and continued changing lanes . At one point , the Miami officer slowed to 78 miles an hour , but sped up again , the highway patrol said . Finally , the Miami officer , wearing his uniform , pulled over his squad car at 6:35 a.m. in Hollywood . A state highway patrol video shows the state trooper pulling out her service handgun as she approached the Miami police car with the officer seated behind the wheel . The Miami police officer `` stated that he was en route to an off-duty work detail and that he had to be there by 7:00 a.m. , '' Watts wrote in her report . On the Florida Highway Patrol offense report , the document lists Fausto 's occupation as `` police officer '' whose employer is `` City of Miami Police Departmen ( t ) '' and lists the style of automobile as `` police car , '' a white 2008 Crown Victoria . A Miami police spokesman could n't be reached immediately for comment Saturday . But Miami Police Detective Willie Moreno told CNN affiliate WFOR in Miami that the department will determine whether to take any action against Lopez after a judge rules on his case . The Florida Turnpike is also designated as Florida State Route 91 , and the turnpike 's website nicknames the highway `` The Less Stressway . '' CNN 's Kara Devlin contributed to this report .
Miami Police Officer Fausto Lopez is charged with reckless driving . Lopez , 35 , was in Miami and driving a marked Miami police car in pre - dawn Miami . A camera inside a Florida Highway Patrol car tapes the 15 - minute , 12-mile chase . Lopez told the arresting officer he was trying to make it on time to his off - duty job .