Surveillance video captured the moment when deputies arrived at the home of a veteran Miami Fire captain who is accused of grabbing his wife and slapping her with a cellphone.
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Maximo Vasquez, 43, was arrested Saturday on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, strong-arm robbery and false imprisonment, according to jail records.
In the surveillance video obtained exclusively by NBC6, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies were seen arriving at Vasquez’s home at Southwest 163rd Street, armed with long guns and ordering him to get on the ground.
“Get on the ground,” a deputy was heard screaming. “Get on the [expletive] ground. Get on the ground.”
According to an arrest report, Vasquez allegedly assaulted his wife on Saturday.
Investigators said he approached his wife with a hammer and threatened to smash the windows of her car.
The report also stated that when the victim went back inside the home, Vasquez took her cellphone, pushed her down on a couch, slapped her repeatedly, and then hit her in the head with a phone.
An anonymous call was then made to 911 about a disturbance, but the victim told deputies she was OK when they got there, the report said.
Officials said that the next morning, she went to the hospital, and Vasquez was later arrested.
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Vasquez appeared in bond court on Monday, where a judge set his bond at $17,500 and ordered him to have no contact with the alleged victim, adding that he can’t possess firearms or other weapons.
This was the second time Vasquez has been arrested in the last year.
Body-worn camera video shows him in a heated exchange with deputies in June 2025.
Did I tell you I did not want a report?” he said. My answer was go [expletive] yourself. Did I tell you I did want a report?”
In that case, Vasquez was accused of assaulting a first responder while trying to report that his wife was missing.
“My wife is missing,” he said. “This is all I get? Man [expletive] you, bro.”
Court records show that the case was dropped after Vasquez completed an advocacy program.
A spokesperson for Miami Fire Rescue sent NBC6 the following statement:
“The City of Miami Department of Fire Rescue has now made contact with the member and has placed the member on relieved-of-duty status pending the completion of both internal and external investigations.”
Vasquez has since bonded out of jail.
NBC6 spoke with his wife on Monday and Tuesday, who said she isn’t doing well emotionally or mentally.
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