Florida Cop Arrested After Using Police Databases To Find And Pull Over A Woman He Met On Vince Vaughn Tv Set: ‘i Saw A Shiny Thing’

A Florida Keys sheriff’s lawman who met a female while moving information connected nan group of an Apple TV show allegedly utilized confidential rule enforcement databases to way her down – past sped aft her and pulled her complete successful what investigators opportunity was an unauthorized postulation stop.

Deputy Lamar Eliseo Roman, 28, was arrested Tuesday connected a complaint of accessing a machine aliases physics instrumentality without authority aft investigators opportunity he misused nan databases to find a female he met while moving connected nan group of nan show “Bad Monkey,” according to a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office warrant obtained by Local 10 News.

Authorities opportunity Roman utilized nan accusation to find nan female and pulled her complete connected U.S. 1, astatine 1 constituent “almost caus(ing) a head-on collision” while speeding to drawback up pinch her. Roman, who had been pinch nan Monroe County Sheriff’s Office since May 2025, has since been fired.

Roman later admitted that he improperly searched nan databases and told his chap deputies that he conscionable wanted to apologize.

“I mean, it’s a reliable period and I saw a shiny point and teasing and each that and I knew that erstwhile I put that I’m for illustration ‘f***,’ and that’s why I conscionable for illustration I stopped correct aft and thing else,” investigators said Roman told them.

It each began connected February 3 aft Roman noticed nan female getting disconnected nan extras autobus connected nan group of “Bad Monkey,” a streaming bid group successful nan Florida Keys starring Vince Vaughn and based connected nan caller by South Florida writer Carl Hiaasen.

Roman, who was moving information connected nan set, “began whistling astatine her” and proceeded to “cat call” her, “very loudly” saying, “Oh my god, why didn’t cipher show maine we were bringing models to (the) set,” according to nan report.

At immoderate point, Roman and nan woman, who was not identified, talked and nan female told him she had a boyfriend. Roman continued “flirting and joking” pinch her earlier they exchanged names and cellphone numbers, nan study stated.

He allegedly “stated thing on nan lines of, ‘I request your sanction and number conscionable successful lawsuit I propulsion you complete someday,’” according to nan report.

Investigators opportunity Roman past accessed Florida’s Driver and Vehicle Information Database, known arsenic DAVID, arsenic good arsenic nan Florida Crime Information Center/National Crime Information Center databases to look up nan woman’s information. He besides entered her licence sheet into a “hotlist,” which alerts officers if a conveyance is detected by licence sheet readers.

On February 19, nan woman’s sheet pinged connected nan system.

Dashcam footage reviewed by investigators allegedly shows Roman, who was connected patrol that day, accelerating to astir 70 mph connected U.S. 1 while passing 2 dump trucks successful a no-passing zone, past an SUV, successful an effort to drawback up to nan vehicle.

Investigators opportunity Roman “almost cause(d) a head-on collision while passing arsenic a achromatic motortruck walking northbound had to veer disconnected nan roadway” to debar a crash.

About 2 minutes later, authorities opportunity Roman pulled nan female complete adjacent Bobalu’s Southern Café connected Big Coppitt Key. His in-car camera recorded video, but not audio, because he was not wearing his microphone.

According to nan report, nan female later told investigators nan extremity made her “uncomfortable” because of Roman’s comments, including, “Oh, I thought you had a boyfriend.” She besides questioned really he knew it was her vehicle. Investigators opportunity Roman besides asked her why she had not followed him backmost connected Instagram. The postulation extremity was ne'er logged successful charismatic records.

“I told you I’d find you and propulsion you over,” he allegedly responded. “And I was hoping your fellow was successful nan car truthful I tin propulsion him retired and springiness him a difficult time.”

In a March 4 interview, Roman told investigators that, regarding nan postulation stop, “At that constituent I was conscionable going to opportunity ‘hi,’ you know, ‘got you’ and we were laughing and past that’s benignant of it.”

According to nan warrant, nan female said “she did not want to prosecute criminal charges against Deputy Roman.” However, nan sheriff’s agency moved guardant pinch nan lawsuit and arrested him connected Tuesday.

In a connection aft nan arrest, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said he was “committed to keeping this organization informed of important events that hap successful this agency — bully and bad.”

Roman is scheduled to beryllium arraigned successful a Florida Keys courtroom connected March 26.