Deputy Misused Databases to Track Woman, Charged

A Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy has been charged with three felony counts of unauthorized computer access after investigators say he used law enforcement databases to track down a woman he met while working a security detail in the Florida Keys.

Deputy Lamar Roman was assigned to provide security on the set of the television production "Bad Monkey" when he approached a woman working on the crew. She told him she had a boyfriend. According to investigators, Roman told her he would find her and pull her over.

Over the following two weeks, investigators say Roman entered the woman's license plate into a law enforcement "hotlist" system, allowing him to be alerted whenever her vehicle was detected by license plate readers. Bodycam and in-car footage reviewed by investigators shows Roman speeding to intercept her vehicle after receiving alerts, at one point passing other cars in a no-passing zone in a maneuver that nearly caused a head-on collision.

Roman eventually stopped the woman's vehicle without a legal basis for the traffic stop, according to investigators.

Weeks later, Roman was called in by the agency's detective unit for questioning. During that interview, he admitted to using police databases to locate and follow the woman, according to the sheriff's office.

Following the investigation, Roman was terminated from the Monroe County Sheriff's Office. He was subsequently charged with three felony counts of accessing a computer or electronic device without authority.

The case was later routed into a pretrial diversion program, according to available records.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office conducted the internal investigation that led to Roman's termination and the criminal charges filed against him. Additional details regarding the current status of the pretrial diversion program have not been released.