Alfaro-Lemus

Osceola County Sheriff's deputies Monday arrested a Kissimmee man and charged him with stealing items from his elderly roommate and stealing money from her bank account.

The investigation began exactly two months prior when deputies responded to the 82-year-old victim’s home at 717 Toulon Drive in Kissimmee. She noticed jewelry, a laptop computer and a credit card were missing from her residence and said that more than $1,200 had been withdrawn at several local stores and gas stations from her bank account in the month of August, Sheriff’s spokesperson Twis Lizasuain said.

The victim told deputies she recently allowed Carlos Alfaro-Lemus, 56, who she said was a friend she has known for more than 30 years, to move in with her because she is elderly and a widow. She said Lemus would help her at the house and drive her to run errands for minimal rent, but thought he might have stolen the items.

Deputies investigated the credit card purchases, and confirmed that Lemus had made all of the transactions. They told the victim this information, who then spoke with Lemus. He said he would return her jewelry and laptop computer if she would not press charges. Lemus arrived at the victim's residence Monday without the victim's personal property and was arrested and booked into the Osceola County Jail and charged with grand theft, theft from a person older than 65 and fraudulent use of credit cards.