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truesee — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:44:57 GMT

Video proves man lied about being robbed

Admits to deputy he needed to explain to his wife what happened to his money

November 30, 2009 09:31:00 AM

TONY SIMMONS / Online Editor

PANAMA CITY BEACH A man who initially claimed he had been robbed outside a beach store admitted to deputies that he had lied when surveillance video showed no attack.

The man conceded that he had reported the fake robbery just so that he could tell his wife that his money had been taken and that he had not just spent it, a Bay County Sheriff s Office report said.

According to the report, Jordan Paul Dominque, 30, of Panama City Beach was charged with making a false report of a crime. He was arrested and taken to the Bay County Jail.

Dominque had called 911 from inside the Pop Inn Store at 8701 Front Beach Road, claiming he was getting into his car when a man dressed in black hit him and took $100 cash from him.

A deputy consulted the store s surveillance video and saw no such attack. According to the report, the video showed Dominque enter the store, then leave the store and go to his vehicle. He sat in his car for a short amount of time, then reentered the store and used the store s phone to call 911.

When I confronted him, he admitted to me he was having money problems at home, the deputy noted. He stated he called 911 knowing that no such crime had actually been committed, just so that he could tell his wife that his money had been taken and that he had not just spent it.

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