An Orlando Fire Department firefighter was arrested in connection to a stalking accusation after he admitted to putting a tracking device in his ex-girlfriend’s car, police say.
La Teef Williams, 47, was arrested in Brevard County on Monday for installing or using a tracking device or tracking applications, domestic stalking and domestic tampering with or harassing a witness, victim or informant. This arrest comes after Williams was previously arrested in 2023 for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and battery.
According to a probable cause affidavit with the Cocoa Police Department, Williams admitted that he installed and placed a tracking device in a car rented by a woman he was in a relationship with. Williams said he put in the tracker without her knowledge after she was involved in a car crash. A Cocoa Police officer found the tracker in the car where Williams said it was, the affidavit said.
The affidavit also alleges that Williams caused the woman emotional distress by showing up at her work in the early morning hours after she told him not to return, the woman told police. Since then, the woman told police that Williams would often drive by her work. The officer said they weren’t able to obtain camera footage showing this…