NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Two North Lauderdale women are facing charges after Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies said a social media feud escalated into a burglary in the city.
According to BSO, the May 26 burglary was the result of a falling out between the victim and her former close friend Natasha Ann Howell.
Deputies said Howell, 26, “took to social media on multiple occasions” to denounce the victim and tensions had escalated to physical violence between the two.
According to an arrest warrant, beginning on May 11, Howell made multiple threatening posts to WhatsApp toward the victim, including “I bought ya whole information for only $6, now my homeboy gonna run it up” and “SLAPPED ON MAY 21ST.”
Deputies said she also posted a picture on her WhatsApp story “of herself holding a pistol, followed by a recorded voice note in patois in which she allegedly stated she intended to use the firearm against (the victim) and would be happy about it, further placing (the victim) in fear for her safety.”
According to the warrant, Howell then involved Kassandra Mitiale, whom the victim knew since middle school, in the feud.
Authorities said Mitiale, 23, joined Howell in a phone call at one point and encouraged the victim to fight Howell, who threatened to send Mitiale to the victim’s father’s home to fight her ― and apparently followed through, though the victim was not there at the time.
Deputies said during the early morning hours of May 25, Howell showed up at the victim’s home and pepper-sprayed her doorbell camera. Later that evening, they said Howell and the victim got into a fight at a Hollywood nightclub.
Then, just before 3 a.m. on May 26, Howell posted the victim’s address to her Instagram story and said, “You gotta go,” according to the warrant.
Authorities said at 8:30 that morning, Howell called the victim and told her to “come outside,” implying she was at the victim’s apartment complex. Then, at 9:45 a.m., deputies said Howell called her saying she was five minutes away; the victim wasn’t home.
According to the warrant, just after 10:45 a.m., the victim received a notification from the Ring app and saw two masked women ― whom deputies believe to be Howell and Mitiale ― outside of her door.
Authorities said footage showed them tearing the camera from the wall and “attempt(ing) to kick in her front door before the footage ended.”
Police said at around 11 a.m., Howell and Mitiale called the victim, with the former saying, “Ask her about her makeup,” referencing cosmetics that had been damaged in the burglary.
Deputies said the woman got home to find her door kicked in and “nearly all of her personal belongings” damaged. On top of that, her orange tabby cat was missing and still has not been found.
According to the warrant, while BSO deputies were at the scene, Howell called the victim again and “further insinuated” that she and Mitiale were behind it all, telling the victim, “We are not done yet” and “your boyfriend is next,” once again trying to provoke the victim into a fight.
Authorities said Howell posted video to her Instagram story showing three people inside of the victim’s apartment “damaging personal property.”
“During the video, a female voice could be heard yelling, ‘Kassandra!’ Additionally, Ring camera footage obtained from a neighbor living below (the victim’s) apartment showed two Black females walking toward the apartment at approximately 10:47 a.m., moments before the burglary occurred,” the warrant states. “(The victim) viewed the footage and immediately identified Kassandra as one of the females shown.”
Records show deputies arrested Mitiale on May 28 on charges of aggravated stalking, burglary and criminal mischief. She later posted a bond of more than $100,000.
Meanwhile, Howell was taken into custody on Monday on charges of burglary, cyberintimidation by publication, aggravated stalking, written threats to kill and criminal mischief.
Records show that Howell was given a hefty $130,000 bond and was being held in BSO’s Paul Rein Detention Facility.
But she’s not just facing criminal trouble: the Jamaican national also remained locked up on an immigration hold as of Wednesday.
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