MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a Miami Fire Rescue 16-year veteran on Saturday after accusing him of domestic violence, records show.

Capt. Maximo Vazquez had been arrested last year after he was accused of attacking a colleague in June and calling 911 to report his wife had vanished.

Miami-Dade corrections booked Vazquez, 43, shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Saturday at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center.

Vazquez, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol, walked out of his home “with a hammer,” approached his wife, who was in a parked 2026 dark gray Tesla sedan, and “threatened” to smash all of the windows, according to a deputy’s arrest report.

Vazquez placed several metal screws under the car’s tires, and when his wife got out of the car, he “grabbed” and “twisted her wrists, took her cell phones, and disabled the car’s start-up mechanism, according to the deputy’s arrest report.

Vazquez “continued drinking alcohol inside the residence, aggressively grabbed both of her arms, placed them against her chest, and pushed her ... began to slap her in the face ... butt headed [her], and proceeded to strike [her] in the head with his personal cellular phone ... proceeded to rip-off [her] clothing ... grabbed her by the hair,” a deputy wrote, according to the arrest report.

Someone called 911 anonymously, and when deputies responded to the house, the woman denied the domestic violence and said she did not need help, according to a deputy’s arrest report.

The woman left her home and went to the emergency room at the Jackson South Medical Center after suffering “a major headache,” according to deputies, who responded to the hospital.

“We have not been in contact with the individual. Once contact is established, the department will initiate a thorough internal investigation in accordance with our policies and procedures,” a Miami Fire Rescue Department spokesperson wrote in a statement.

Vazquez faced new charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery, strong-arm robbery, and false imprisonment.

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Michelle Ashby Delancy was set to preside over the new case.

Local 10 News Assignment Editors Carson Merlo and Mariana Ortiz contributed to this report.

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