A Florida Keys couple reported losing $6,500 to callers posing as jail employees in a supposed release arrangement for their son. A subsequent demand for more money raised their suspicions and led them to contact police.
The investigation led Monroe County detectives to Johnay Monique Barnett, 38, of Roswell, Georgia. A newly obtained sheriff’s booking record confirms she was arrested on Oct. 13, 2026, on a grand theft charge.
The parents lived in Key Haven, near Key West, but the callers claimed to represent the Seminole County Jail in Central Florida…