A Sleepy Hollow police detective dodged a few bullets in federal court last week when he was acquitted by a jury of two civil rights charges.

However, Jose Quinoy, 37, a resident of Tarrytown, may have to face a second trial as one of 12 jurors caused a deadlock on the third charge where he was charged with punching and kicking a man in handcuffs who confronted the married detective about rumors he was having an affair with his 22-year-old daughter.

Federal prosecutors will be meeting with U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas on August 10 to decide if Quinoy should be retried on that count. If retried and convicted, Quinoy could still face 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

“We expected an acquittal on all three counts,” Quinoy’s lawyer, Andrew Quinn, told reporters after the July 22 verdict in White Plains. “We thought of all the counts, we created the most reasonable doubt on that charge.”

Quinoy was cleared of violating the civil rights of Luis Vilches on December 17, 2006 when he was accused of using a stun gun on Vilches after he was already handcuffed. Quinoy and Vilches had allegedly threatened each other’s family during a ride to jail six months earlier and Vilches came to the Sleepy Hollow police station looking for Quinoy with a tree saw.

He was also acquitted of one count of witness tampering in which he was accused of attempting to corruptly persuade a fellow officer, Michael Hayes, to testify falsely regarding his confrontation with Mario Gomez on October 17, 2006. It was that incident that created the jury deadlock.

During the trial, Hayes testified that he saw Quinoy punch and kick Gomez while he was handcuffed and seated in the back of a police car. Hayes later wore a wire for the FBI and secretly taped conversations with Quinoy and other members of the Police Department.

Quinoy took the stand during the trial and admitted he arrested Gomez’s wife, Awilda, a few hours after the incident with Gomez because she planned to file a complaint against him.

Following his indictment in April 2009, Quinoy was suspended without pay by the Sleepy Hollow Board of Trustees.

Police Chief John Kapica, who was not with the department when Quinoy was suspended, said Quinoy still has to face charges brought against him by former Police Chief Jimmy Warren.

“I think we just need to get this behind us one way or the other,” Kapica said. “This whole situation has not been good for anyone in the village, not just the Police Department.”

Sleepy Hollow Mayor Ken Wray said he had no comment on Quinoy. Village Administrator Anthony Giaccio did not return repeated phone messages.