Man tells deputies he made up robbery for ex-girlfriend
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 by Ana X. Ceron
Derick Culberson
A Palm City man faces a charge of lying to sheriff’s deputies after he allegedly faked his own robbery so his ex-girlfriend would feel sorry for him.
Derick Culberson, 22, called 911 on Friday to report that he had been robbed at Jock Leighton Park by two men wearing black shirts who fled in a Chevy Impala, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s report. Twelve units – including supervisors, road patrol and K-9 – rushed to look for the suspects.
When Culberson was found, he was sitting on the ground by his pick-up, his hands and feet bound with zip ties, deputies said.
Inside his truck, investigators found a bundle of the same zip ties that had been on Culberson, the report states.
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