ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Channel 9 learned a woman allegedly stole her ex-boyfriend's identity and made threats against herself, prompting police to arrest the man.
Erica Griffis' former boyfriend, who asked only to be identified as Ronnie, was arrested four times last year after Griffis called Orange County deputies 13 times to report he was violating a stalking injunction she had against him by sending her threatening emails.
"I had cops banging on my doors, surrounding my house with machine guns and all kinds of stuff," Ronnie told Channel 9.
He spent seven months in jail, but Orange County investigators recently learned it was Griffis who set the whole thing up.
Authorities said Griffis admitted to creating a fake Facebook account in Ronnie's name and used fake emails in his name to send the threatening messages to herself. They said she even created a fake Meetme.com account posing as another woman.
"She sent me a message, saying her name was Amanda," Ronnie said.
He said Griffis convinced him to send photos of himself to her phones, all to make it look like he was stalking her .
Ronnie has felony convictions for drug charges, but told Channel 9 he is not a violent person.
"I couldn't believe it," he said. "I couldn't believe I was being called a stalker. She said I was going to kill her, and I was going to kill her boyfriend and kill her unborn child."
Griffi, who last year spoke out during a Harbor House news conference as an alleged victim of domestic violence, remains locked up in the Orange County Jail on charges that include stalking, fraud and making false reports.
All of the charges against Ronnie have been dropped.