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Wednesday, August 8, 2012
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Accused thief becomes victim

A woman accused of stealing and selling dozens of county iPhones and iPads found herself on the other side of a felony theft accusation Sunday when she awoke to find an intruder in her home who allegedly fled with -- what else -- her iPhone.

Key West police were dispatched Sunday to former Monroe County employee Lisa Druckemiller's home in Stadium Mobile Home Park on a reported burglary. According to a police report, Druckemiller told officers she was sleeping on her couch and awoke to find a neighbor inside her mobile home. "What the hell?" she reportedly asked the intruder.

After the man, whom Druckemiller recognized, ran out, she realized her Apple iPhone was missing, the report states.

Druckemiller is the former county technical services director accused of stealing 52 county iPhones and iPads and selling them to county employees and others. Last week, she pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of scheming to defraud and dealing in stolen property, though one of her attorneys indicated a plea deal is in the works.

Druckemiller declined to comment about Sunday's theft.

Police later tracked down the suspect in that case, 18-year-old Frank Noguera. When questioned, Noguera told officers he took the phone and that it was in his right pocket, police said. He reportedly admitted to officers that he was in Druckemiller's home and took her phone.

Police said Noguera told them he "lost his cellphone the night before and needed a new one," according to the report.

Officers said they found a Blackberry cellphone in Noguera's other pocket. Investigators reportedly tracked down that phone's owner, who told officers it had been stolen from his home.

Noguera was charged with felony grand theft and burglary and booked into county jail.

Druckemiller is accused of stealing county-owned iPads and iPods valued at $23,000 between August 2010 and February 2012. She was arrested July 17, and is free on $30,000 bail.

The State Attorney's Office says it was able to track down most of the stolen equipment.

tohara@keysnews.com

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I am not sure why she is

I am not sure why she is worried, I don't think she will need the iPhone in prison. Meanwhile, she is still collecting her pension and benefits from us taxpayers.

What?

He only got ONE iPhone? Dummy should have tried a few months ago and probably would have gotten several. Then she would have had a real problem reporting the theft. Burglary of an occupied dwelling, grand theft, etc. Yep, that moron will probably end up doing more time than our great public servant. The money she was making and she lives in a trailer, sleeping on the couch?

WOW!!!!

I can NOT believe this woman has the nerve to waste MORE taxpayer dollars because someone stole HER IPHONE???? Afer what she's done, she should be ashamed to say the least to even begin to file a report about any kind of THEFT!!!! Unbelievable.

The irony here

is that Noguera will get more punishment than Drunkmiller. After all, he went to the right store to replace his old iPhone.

iKarma

is a mother bear. Druckenspiller was reportedly asleep on her sofa because her iBed had already been made.
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