Florida girl impersonated ICE to arrest her ex-boyfriend’s spouse, police say | EUROtoday

A Florida girl allegedly impersonated an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent to kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s spouse.

Latrance Battle, 52, is accused of getting into a resort the place the sufferer works on April 11, claiming she was there to detain the lady who’s within the means of acquiring US residency.

The girl adopted Battle, considering she was a legislation enforcement official, in keeping with authorities.

The Bay County Sheriff’s Office mentioned Battle wore a black shirt with ICE printed on the entrance, introduced the lady with a sheriff’s workplace enterprise card and carried a hand-held radio.

Battle allegedly instructed the lady she needed to go together with her and so they each received within the defendant’s automobile.

As they traveled to an unknown vacation spot, Battle took the unidentified sufferer’s telephone as she tried to contact her lawyer and husband. The sufferer first sensed one thing was unsuitable once they arrived at an house advanced as a substitute of the sheriff’s workplace.

Battle allegedly instructed the lady. that she wanted to “suffer the consequences of her husband’s actions,” the Miami Herald reported.

While the alleged kidnapper went contained in the house, the sufferer fled and known as legislation enforcement with a neighbor’s help.

Battle then tried to flee the state to Alabama, however officers later positioned her in Fountain, Florida.

She was charged with kidnapping within the fee of a felony, theft by sudden snatching, impersonating legislation enforcement within the fee of a felony and felony violation of probation.

Footage of the arrest launched by the sheriff’s workplace exhibits an officer approaching Battle’s automobile and demanding she open the door.

When she fails to conform, an officer opens the driving force’s facet door and tells Battle to step out of the automobile together with her fingers behind her again. The officer then handcuffs her and the footage ends.