FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A 31-year-old woman was at the North Broward Bureau detention center in Pompano Beach on Wednesday evening, facing charges for a crime spree caught on videos, according to inmate and court records.
At about 4:40 a.m. on Sunday, Julie Lafleur damaged 10 parked cars, and she stole a woman’s handbag in the area of North Federal Highway and Northeast Third Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, according to a police officer’s report.
“I have worked downtown for 10 years, and you are going to see some crazy stuff going down,” Kat Leitner said. “But, that is probably one of the more brazen.”
Leitner, a witness, recorded a video that shows the vandal throwing a rock and a brick. Video also showed her aiming at the parked cars’ windows and then rummaging through the cars.
“First, I noticed the first car with the broken glass, and I was like, ‘Oh, wow! What is that?’ There was stuff all over the ground ... On one of the cars, there was like a high heel on top,” Leitner said. “It was just crazy.”
Lafleur, a felon with two convictions in Broward County, is also known as Betty Johnson and Juju Bean, according to her Florida Department of Corrections profile. Her prison release was Feb. 25, 2025.
On Sunday, Fort Lauderdale police officers arrested Lefleur. She faced three new felonies and one misdemeanor: Second-degree robbery, third-degree criminal mischief, third-degree burglary, and resisting arrest, a first-degree misdemeanor.
A judge set her bond at $9,000. Broward County Circuit Judge Francis I. Viamontes was set to preside over the case, according to court records.
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