A woman from the Richmond area who spent days in a Florida jail because of what she’s calling a huge mistake is now sharing her story exclusively with KPRC 2.
Jennifer Heath Box says she was a victim of a case of mistaken identity, and it caused her to miss out on one of the most special moments of her life.
Now that she’s out of jail, she’s working to figure out how she was mistaken for a felony suspect bearing a similar name, and hopes that a situation like this doesn’t happen again.An enjoyable family cruise celebrating her brother’s victory over a bout with cancer ended with her locked up in a Broward County jail right after the cruise ship docked in Ft. Lauderdale this past Christmas Eve.
“They escorted me off the ship in front of all of God’s country, saying that I had a warrant for child endangerment,” she said.“When they went through the process of creating the warrant, they just took my driver’s license, [and] whom ever on the Houston side, just not going through the checks and balances, had my photo attached to another person’s warrant with the same name,” she said.
But Heath Box, a mother whose oldest child is 30, says she learned there were striking differences between her and the real suspect.Finally, Heath Box was released two days after Christmas after a Motion to Dismiss was filed by the Harris County District Attorney’s office, stating the child’s father didn’t want to prosecute and that there may be evidentiary issues.
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