Detectives in Florida announced they took a TSA employee into custody for faking a police report in which she alleged she was late for work because she was robbed.
Officials say 34-year-old Taleta Collier called into work on March 20 to say she was going to be late for her shift.
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Once she arrived at work, Collier notified her manager she was late because while she was at her parents’ house, a man with a knife attempted to steal her parents’ car. Collier told her supervisor she pulled out her agency-issued weapon and pointed it at the suspect, who then ran off.
Turned a tardy into a criminal investigation. 🤦🏾♂️🥴 pic.twitter.com/hkJbhgoORb
— Shoboat (@Shobeezy) April 21, 2022
They must’ve been like “if you’re late one more time that’s your ass.”
— 𝓹𝒶 ק𝐀 ק𝓻𝑒𝐀𝓒𝐡 (@_PapaPreach) April 21, 2022
Collier told her supervisor she documented the incident to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office. Her supervisor asked for proof of the report, which Collier couldn’t deliver at the time.
According to detectives, two weeks later, Collier texted her supervisor a photo of a document that looked like a police report. But when the sheriff’s office reviewed the image, they determined it was a fake report.
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Detectives said they could tell it was fake because it was not an official Polk County Sheriff’s Office form, and Collier used the name of a deputy who was on an international vacation at the date of the incident, so it was impossible that he responded to the supposed burglary.
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The deputy confirmed he did not have any knowledge of the incident and did not know Collier.
Collier’s parents also told detectives they had no knowledge of the incident and that their vehicle had not been burglarized.
Collier was arrested Monday for criminal use of a personal ID and uttering a false document.
I’m not finna make no damn fake police report to avoid disciplinary action at nobody job
— Decatur D (@1Decatur_D) April 20, 2022
“I don’t understand why anyone would go to the extent of creating a fake police report to avoid a reprimand at work for tardiness,” Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a news release. “Collier has violated the trust of her coworkers and the people she was supposed to keep safe.”
It has been a lot of shocking stories coming out of Florida. As we previously reported, a Florida woman was taken into custody this weekend for throwing a 4-year-old boy inside a laundry dryer and switching on the machine, according to a report.
Amber Chapman 35, was arrested on child abuse charges after the boy told detectives that his babysitter “Miss Chapman” set him inside a machine with some towels and that he “went around and around,” police said.
#Socialites what are your thoughts on all the shocking stories out of Florida?