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Updated: Thursday, 05 May 2011, 8:13 AM CDT
Published : Wednesday, 04 May 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Twice-fired Leonardo Quintana will not be getting his job back with the Austin Police Department after an arbitrator denied his appeal Wednesday evening.
The former Austin police officer has appealed three times in the fight to keep his job: once for the first firing and twice for the second.
The most recent appeal surrounds his second firing, which centered around an alleged domestic incident between him and his then-fiancee.
Quintana's appeals
First appeal surrounded firing over DWI:
Second appeal surrounded firing over alleged domestic incident:
Third appeal surrounded an arbitrator's ruling, which upheld APD's decision to fire him over the alleged domestic incident:
Leander police arrested Quintana on Nov. 9 on the four misdemeanor charges in connection to the alleged assaults on his ex-fiancee.
After Quintana posted an $8,000 bond, part of his bail conditions in regard to that incident include he not drink any alcohol or own, have or buy any firearms. In addition to Quintana's arrest surrounding those incidents, there was also an emergency restraining order against him preventing any communicatio n or contact with his ex-fiancee.
He maintains he never physically assaulted the woman.
Quintana is known for his role in the East Austin death of 18-year-old Nathaniel Sanders in an early morning incident in May 2009 -- though his first firing had little to do with that.
The charges -- regarding incidents that happened throughout a time span of less than a year -- include:
November 2008
October 2009
Acevedo has previously testified against Quintana during his appeal hearings.
Former police officer Leonardo Quintana's troubled history with APD.