Florida Deputy Convicted in DEF LEPPARD Ticket Scam
December 15, 2011, 12 years ago
According to NBC 6 Miami, a former Broward Sheriff's Office deputy who faked a car accident to recoup money spent on DEF LEPPARD concert tickets was convicted Wednesday on charges of grand theft and filing a fraudulent insurance claim.
Shawn Terel Barber, 44, is facing 10 years behind bars when he's sentenced on January 27, Palm Beach County prosecutors told the Sun-Sentinel.
A 12-year veteran of the BSO, Barber was arrested and charged in the scam last year.
Barber had purchased four tickets for a Def Leppard show at the Seminole Hard Rock but his babysitter backed out at the last minute. Instead of eating the $630 ticket costs, Barber filed a fake accident report, which would have triggered the tickets' insurance clause.
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