BARTOW, Fla. (AP) - A sheriff’s deputy in Florida is accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend and his current girlfriend.
News outlets cite a release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office saying 26-year-old Silvia Lara was arrested Wednesday and subsequently resigned in lieu of termination.
The sheriff’s office says she refused to leave her ex-boyfriend’s front porch Tuesday and scratched his arm. She’s also accused of harassing the couple at a hospital via telephone Sunday, after finding their cars in the parking lot, and responding to a nonexistent emergency at his house in December.
She’s charged with misusing her official position and a state database to view personal information, as well as aggravated stalking and burglary with battery.
She had been a deputy since November 2015. It’s unclear whether she has a lawyer.
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