Sad stories.B: Florida sex offender kills teen, self ( United Press Internati
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B: Florida sex offender kills teen, self ( United Press International )
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla., Jul 16, 2006 (UPI via COMTEX) --
A registered sex offender shot and killed a 17-year-old girl he had been
harassing in Port St. Lucie, Fla., and then killed himself, police say.
Scott David Uslan, 42, had been stalking Brittany Carleo for several months,
the Palm Beach (Fla.) Post reports. She previously dated Uslan's son.
Police said they did not have probable cause to arrest Carleo -- a sex
offender once convicted of providing obscene material to a minor -- until
Wednesday, after he started making harassing phone calls to the teen.
Uslan posted bond and was released from jail Thursday. He entered a smoothie
shop where Carleo worked around 9:15 a.m. Saturday, police said. An employee
of a donut shop next door said she saw him holding a gun to Carleo's head.
Uslan and Carleo were dead when police arrived, police spokesman Robert Vega
said. Police fired no shots.
Carleo's family reacted with anguish and anger, saying the crime could have
been prevented, had the criminal justice system not failed, the newspaper
said.
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