A Miami scammer was caught on surveillance footage shooting a man that she falsely accused of rape, according to police.
Valerie Meza-Faublack, 22, was charged with armed robbery and attempted murder after the incident in on January 6 in Hialeah.
Meza-Faublack reportedly claimed she met the man outside the restaurant where she works before he drove her to a warehouse parking lot.
She claimed she had paid him $20 to charge her phone but he instead forced her to undress and raped her, according to police.
Meza-Faublack allegedly claimed the man ‘dragged her out of the driver side door by her hair’ and fired at her as she tried to escape.
But police say her story started to fall apart the next day, after they learned she refused a rape kit test at a rape treatment center.
The man then told authorities that he met Meza-Faublack at a bar and she asked him to leave with her.
A Miami woman was charged with attempted murder after she allegedly shot at a man who she falsely accused of rape
Valerie Meza-Faublack, 22, told police the man tried to rape her inside his car but then refused a rape kit
But, the man said, when they went inside his car to have sex, Meza-Faublack attacked him instead.
‘As the victim attempted to climb into the rear passenger seat of the motor vehicle, [Meza-Faublack] unlawfully took possession of his firearm, which was in the driver compartment area, and began shooting into the vehicle where he was occupying the rear passenger seat,’ the police report says.
‘After the shooting stopped, [the] victim advised he exited the vehicle, physically retrieved the firearm from [her] and fled the scene.’
Surveillance video also contradicted Meza-Faublack’s story, as it showed her shooting into the man’s car as many as 15 times.
Meza-Faublack – a convicted scammer – was out on probation when she was arrested.
She was convicted in 2022 of using the alter ego ‘Hamanda’ to lie to multiple would-be renters and steal thousands in security deposits, as reported by Local 10 News.
Meza-Faublack – a convicted scammer – was out on probation when she was arrested
She was convicted in 2022 of using the alter ego ‘Hamanda’ to lie to multiple would-be renters and steal thousands in security deposits
The victims said Meza-Faublack posed as a realtor and told them to meet her somewhere to retrieve the keys to an apartment after they had paid a security deposit.
But when they showed up to the meeting spot, they were not met by Meza-Faublack, but by other victims who also were expecting to receive keys to an apartment.
