KEY WEST, Fla. — A former Florida Keys sheriff’s deputy accused of misusing law enforcement resources to track a woman he met on the set of a television show will have computer crimes charges dropped if he successfully completes a pre-trial intervention program as part of a deal with prosecutors, according to Monroe County court documents.
Entertainment site TMZ first reported Tuesday on the deal between prosecutors and former Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Lamar Roman, who was fired soon after his arrest.
Roman, 29, of Key West, will avoid jail as part of the deal, signed on July 1. He was arrested in March.
Authorities said Roman, then 28, was working security on the set of “Bad Monkey” ― a streaming show set in the Keys starring Vince Vaughn and based on a book of the same title by legendary South Florida author Carl Hiaasen ― on Big Pine Key on Feb. 3 when he noticed the woman getting off the extras bus.
An MCSO report stated that he “began whistling at her” and proceeded to “cat call” her, “very loudly” saying, “Oh my god, why didn’t nobody tell me we were bringing models to (the) set.” Investigators said the two eventually spoke and while the woman said she had a boyfriend, Roman was “flirting and joking” with her and they exchanged names and cellphone numbers.
Investigators said Roman, who had been a deputy for about half a year, used Florida’s Driver And Vehicle Information Database ― better known as DAVID ― and the Florida Crime Information Center/National Crime Information Center ― or FCIC/NCIC ― databases to look up the extra and enter her license plate information into a “hotlist,” which would alert if her vehicle was picked up on any license plate readers.
He was accused of using that information to pull her over while she was driving on U.S. 1.
According to MCSO, after he got caught, Roman fessed up, saying, “I saw a shiny thing.”
As part of his deal, Roman will have to stay out of trouble for two years and have no contact with the woman.
He’ll pay about $1,700 to cover investigative and prosecutorial costs and will have to perform 100 hours of community service and continue psychotherapy.
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