A girl accused of making a false report about being kidnapped, raped and left on the aspect of a roadway in Marion County final yr now faces a brand new however associated cost: insurance coverage fraud.
Prosecutors mentioned the felony cost towards Alma Delia Duran arose once they have been notified the lady acquired 1000’s of {dollars} of employee compensation because of her false report.
In March 2021, Duran advised sheriff’s deputies she was kidnapped by a masked particular person, hit, dragged, positioned right into a automobile, pressured to drink a liquid that tasted like beer and water, and sexually assaulted.
Charged:Marion lady accused of fabricating abduction/rape story so she might acquire U.S. citizenship
In courtroom:Two males sentenced, expenses dropped towards a 3rd in felony courtroom
In custody:Police officers have launched an image of a person who they are saying tried to rape two ladies
Detectives investigated the declare made by the 54-year-old Summerfield lady and later found she was untruthful. Duran denied staging the encounter, however nonetheless was arrested on the conclusion of the dialog with regulation enforcement.
Sheriff’s Workplace officers mentioned Duran made up the entire thing so she might keep legally in the US. Duran is from Mexico.
She was charged with false report of a fee of against the law, which is a misdemeanor offense punishable by as much as a yr in jail.
Final week, the state dropped that cost but in addition introduced plans to pursue the brand new one. State Legal professional’s Workplace officers mentioned following the alleged assault, Duran filed for and acquired greater than $8,400 in advantages for a number of months in 2021.
In August 2021, an officer with the state Division of Monetary Companies investigated Duran and supplied his report back to the SAO, which determined to lodge the felony cost.
An analogous case in Marion County was lately resolved
The State Legal professional’s Workplace prosecuted the same case lately. It concerned a lady who accused three males of raping her in Marion County.
Krista Ward, 33, went to an area hospital and reported the assault in July 2020. She mentioned the rape had occurred a number of days earlier.
A sheriff’s detective investigated the case and found that two of the lads weren’t on the location when the alleged incident occurred. The detective was in a position to rule out the lads through the use of cellphone data.
Across the time when the assault occurred, Ward was watching video on her cellphone and had despatched a textual content from the cellphone, authorities mentioned.
Prosecutors mentioned the Williston lady had been charged with theft in Levy County and reportedly was threatening to accuse one of many males of rape if the cost wasn’t dropped.
Ward was charged with making a false report, and the case went to a jury in late February. Jurors have been deadlocked, so the case was introduced earlier than one other jury. She was discovered responsible final week.
Ward was sentenced to a yr in jail and should pay $1,635 to the Sheriff’s Workplace for the price of the investigation, officers mentioned.
Contact Austin L. Miller at 867-4118, austin.miller@starbanner.com or @almillerosb.