A Michigan woman has been extradited and charged in Volusia County following an elaborate Facebook Marketplace fraud scheme that tricked an Orange City resident out of $52,000. The woman, identified as 59-year-old Demetria Latimer, allegedly created a fake sale of an excavator, swindling the Florida local. According to the WESH report, Sheriff Mike Chitwood and his team used bank records and other tools to locate Latimer outside of Detroit.
Upon her arrival in Florida, which was recorded and shared by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office, Latimer was greeted by Sheriff Chitwood with a confrontational “Welcome to Florida,” as captured in a video posted online. This interaction shows Chitwood expressing his disdain for fraud against residents, with Latimer responding, “I’m a victim myself.” According to WFLA, Latimer faces charges of grand theft and organized scheme to defraud and is being held on a bond of $25,000…