NEWS RELEASE                                             

For Immediate Release
November 3, 2005
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer 
(850) 651-7420

AGGRAVATED BATTERY INVESTIGATION

   The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office plans to charge a 19-year old Shalimar woman with false reports of commission of crimes.  Frandy Owens of 69 4^th  Avenue  told deputies she was attacked and robbed by an unknown assailant as she walked down 8^th Street around 10:45 p.m. November 1^st.  Investigators say during questioning Thursday, Owens told them she was actually attacked inside her home by an ex-boyfriend, and that she concocted the other story.

    Filing a false report is a first degree misdemeanor that carries a maximum punishment of up to one year imprisonment and a $1000.00 fine.     

     Meantime, Okaloosa Sheriff’s Office investigators are now searching for 24-year old Jeffrey Lane Scott, last known address of Decatur , Georgia for questioning in the case. 

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