Florida - Teen Girl Lured Men into Dates to Rob Them (Video)

An underage Florida teen pretended to be someone older in order to lure men on a dating app to go out with her. The catch is she had all the intention of robbing them instead. Acting like a pro at being a “criminal”, she even had the gall to warn them afterward not to report to cops if they don’t want to be in “hot water.”

The teen suspect has been identified as 17-year-old Ednita Leon-Alamo who pretended to be 21-year-old Emily Perez on the hookup app “Meet Me” to set up dates with at least two unsuspecting men.

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Broward County Sheriff’s officers said that one of the victims, Konstanti Ililch Chernitskiy started chatting with the supposed 21-year-old. They eventually exchanged numbers and agreed to meet at a Deerfield Beach home at 1 a.m. on August 7.

According to an affidavit, Chernitskiy went to the said home, but once inside he noticed that the house appeared to be empty. No Emily Perez turned up, and instead to his shock, three men in ski masks emerged from out of nowhere waving handguns at him, and demanding to take his cash.

The robbers could only get a measly $15 from the victim, along with his credit cards and cell phone. Disappointed with their loot, they blindfolded Chernitskiy and brought him back to his car. The bad guys then tied the victim, who’s a doctor, with his medical coat.

Aiming to get more money from him, the guys drove the victim to multiple ATM outlets forcing the doctor to withdraw more money from his debit cards. In the end, all they could squeeze from his was an additional $200.

Cops were able to trace the crime to Ednita Leon-Alamo with the phone number the victim provided. It turned out, Leon-Alamo is on juvenile probation from a 2016 battery rap.

The modus also involves Leon-Alamo’s boyfriend, Peterson Joachim, 22 and another man, Shnyder Dumas, 19. They were all arrested last month and each of them faces two counts of armed robbery, kidnapping, and carjacking.

There’s another victim of the gang that the police spoke with. Investigators, however, believe the gang may have victimized more men who may be reluctant to talk since the robbers threatened them that they, too, could get into trouble with the law should they come forward since they supposedly set up dates with a teen.

The investigators assure other victims, however, that no cases will be filed against them should they come forward as they did not do anything illegal. Detectives said they are determined in identifying more victims of the gang.

Source:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/crime/article219371225.html

https://nypost.com/2018/10/02/florida-teen-lured-men-on-dating-app-to-rob-them-cops/