[FONT="]Shawn Schmoll went home after a night of drinking with his buddies at a Pembroke Pines bar and started getting text messages from a number he didn't recognize.
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[FONT="]The message was clear though.
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[FONT="]If he didn't send $300 to the account of Briyana Valls, then she would tell his wife he cheated on her.
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[FONT="]So Schmoll went to the Davie Police Department.
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[FONT="]Schmoll said he had gone to Big Dawgs Sports Cafe, 10000 NW Sixth Ct., on Tuesday night and left his phone on the table "momentarily."
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[FONT="]The messages began just after he got home at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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[FONT="]"The texts demanded Schmoll to send $300 via a phone cash receiving application to an account with the name of Briyana Valls," an officer wrote in a report. "Another text stated if the money wasn't sent, then the individual would tell Schmoll's wife he cheated on her."
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[FONT="]After Schmoll showed officers the text messages, they had Schmoll place a "controlled call."
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[FONT="]Valls' price went up to $500, police said. She gave him an address and told him to bring the money in an envelope.
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[FONT="]"Through recorded phone conversations, the suspect stated she would provide Schmoll's wife with a photo that exposes Schmoll and the suspect at the bar together if he didn't give in to her demands of providing her $500," an officer said in the report.
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[FONT="]Later that day, Schmoll met Valls with the $500. As soon as he handed it to her, police moved in, according to the report.
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[FONT="]Valls was arrested and charged with grand theft and extortion.
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[FONT="]According to the arrest report, Valls told officers she made up the story in order to get money to pay for her ailing brother's medical bills.[/FONT]
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[FONT="]The message was clear though.
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[FONT="]If he didn't send $300 to the account of Briyana Valls, then she would tell his wife he cheated on her.
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[FONT="]So Schmoll went to the Davie Police Department.
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[FONT="]Schmoll said he had gone to Big Dawgs Sports Cafe, 10000 NW Sixth Ct., on Tuesday night and left his phone on the table "momentarily."
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[FONT="]The messages began just after he got home at about 1 a.m. Wednesday.
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[FONT="]"The texts demanded Schmoll to send $300 via a phone cash receiving application to an account with the name of Briyana Valls," an officer wrote in a report. "Another text stated if the money wasn't sent, then the individual would tell Schmoll's wife he cheated on her."
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[FONT="]After Schmoll showed officers the text messages, they had Schmoll place a "controlled call."
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[FONT="]Valls' price went up to $500, police said. She gave him an address and told him to bring the money in an envelope.
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[FONT="]"Through recorded phone conversations, the suspect stated she would provide Schmoll's wife with a photo that exposes Schmoll and the suspect at the bar together if he didn't give in to her demands of providing her $500," an officer said in the report.
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[FONT="]Later that day, Schmoll met Valls with the $500. As soon as he handed it to her, police moved in, according to the report.
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[FONT="]Valls was arrested and charged with grand theft and extortion.
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[FONT="]According to the arrest report, Valls told officers she made up the story in order to get money to pay for her ailing brother's medical bills.[/FONT]
