A Florida prisoner transport deputy was arrested.
Volusia County Sheriff’s detectives arrested the part-time prisoner transport deputy for stalking and tracking his ex-girlfriend with an AirTag.
65-year-old James Kleeman was arrested after the victim reported the incident to the Volusia Sheriff’s Office. According to local law enforcement, Kleeman, originally hired in November 2012, was suspended without pay and then terminated.
The victim reported she was in a relationship with Kleeman for three years until February of this year. She indicated she found AirTags in her vehicle and her adult daughter’s vehicle dating back to 2025.
After their breakup, the victim found an additional AirTag on her vehicle and found Ring video of Kleeman crawling underneath her daughter’s vehicle at her home. She said Kleeman had been showing up at her location on multiple occasions since their break-up, including in his assigned Volusia Sheriff’s Office vehicle.
While the victim was giving her statement to VSO detectives in DeLand, Kleeman even arrived in the parking lot and stopped behind the victim’s vehicle.
Detectives found AirTags on both the victim’s vehicle and her daughter’s.
Kleeman admitted placing the AirTags but denied following the victim, according to local law enforcement.
He was placed under arrest on charges of stalking and unlawful installation of a tracking device and held at the Volusia County Branch jail.
