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June 12, 2012 4:31 PM

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Shellie Zimmerman, wife of George Zimmerman, arrested for perjury

By: Casey Glynn
Topics: Daily Blotter

(CBS/AP) Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman who is accused in the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, was arrested Tuesday for perjury.

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According to a press release, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office was contacted by investigators with the Office of State Attorney Angela Corey, 4th Judicial Circuit, who advised a warrant had been issued for the 25-year-old woman.

Shellie Zimmerman is accused of lying to a judge about the couple's finances during her husband's bond hearing and faces one count of perjury.

Deputies arrested Zimmerman around 3:30 p.m. and booked her on one count of perjury at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility, the press release said. She posted a $1,000 bond and was released .

George Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for fatally shooting 17-year-old Martin during a confrontation in a Sanford, Fla., gated community where Zimmerman lived. He's pleaded not guilty, claiming self-defense. Zimmerman is currently in jail awaiting trial.

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by nar6307 June 20, 2012 7:24 PM EDT: Zimmerman's George, Shellie, Daddy and Brother = Liars; Reply to this comment


by rightontarget June 14, 2012 5:31 PM EDT: by bobnjersey June 13, 2012 7:22 AM EDT
["If Mrs. Zimmerman intentionally structured the financial transactions in a manner to keep the offense under $10,000, not only may she have committed perjury in the state case, but she also may have run afoul of several federal statutes and could face serious federal criminal charges," Neiman wrote in an email to The Associated Press...."]
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it should be no business of the government how much you have ... or what you do with your money ... as long as it was obtained and being spent legally.
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Ahh, but the problem is when you LIE about what you have in order to obtain a lower bail bond than you would otherwise have to fork over then it DOES become the business of the "government" ie judicial system. The LIE is a CRIME as it should be. PERJURY under oath IS a CRIME regardles what it is you LIE about. It speaks volumnes about the credibility of either of these losers.; Reply to this comment

by catwoman1952 June 13, 2012 1:20 PM EDT

what a nasty expression

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by mick7744 June 14, 2012 6:47 AM EDT: Agreed...my first thought upon seeing her photo was that George Zimmerman married a guard from a work camp in the Siberian Gulag.

Scary looking...

I have no doubt that George would gladly allow her to be sent to prison if he thought it would enhance his own chances of beating the rap


by tom_gwynn June 16, 2012 11:22 PM EDT: No one looks good in a mug shot, they're even worse than the photographs they use for driver's licenses.

by Teddie Seeley June 13, 2012 11:29 AM EDT

I've been wondering how the people who contributed to Zimmerman's "defense fund," feel now.
You would think, that with a Judge in the family, this couple could have gotten better legal advice.

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by TwinkiToes June 13, 2012 1:14 PM EDT: Yep, Ted. Beggars belief; you'd think these guys knew the law. Oooops, forgot, Daddy-Zee being a magistrate 'n all .... Zim thought he was above the law.

Think what upsets the Zimfenders so much, is that their "boy" has a loooong rap sheet and TM's is as clean as a whistle. Judging by the latest financial scandal, it ain't getting any shorter. So they've got their dukes up. Laughable.

Tho ... you also have to ask "Who the h#ck has been giving the financial lessons and advice?"

As someone else wrote ... all those that have donated have offered an excellent paper trail to the state ... and more than likely the state will have subpenaed *every* cent.

When the final analgy comes out ... I suggest we're in for more surprises, eh? Nothing can shock us ... only the depth of depraved acts grows!


by ahendryx819 June 13, 2012 10:12 AM EDT: I love how, even though she was CAUGHT red-handed committing perjury, there are people who are still blaming the prosecution for it. What ever happened to holding people accountable for their OWN actions?; Reply to this comment

by NoMoMonkeyBiznizz June 13, 2012 9:20 AM EDT

I think this is what is meant by the saying,"Adding insult to injury".
Haven't they done enough damage to this family?

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by reality_sanity June 14, 2012 4:17 AM EDT: This action was self inflicted on this family. Lying in court is against the law and you would think with a judge in the family the Zimmerman's would understand that fact. It also does not indicate that the defense team prepared adequately to prevent this deception from being presented to the court.


by TwinkiToes June 13, 2012 8:54 AM EDT: She Lie & Zim.

What a combination. Clearly their unlawful ways are worrying the righteous supporters. Must be *stinging* to learn THEIR money just went to credit cards.

Ha ha ha ... sorry, I just couldn't resist laughing. A recession and you have fraud happening below your own nose, with your own money ... for a perp? OMG. And now they're making out as though spending that "their way" and perjury is a "lil ole white lies that the govt has no business investigating".

(Add another "ha ha" to the above, won't you.); Reply to this comment

by mick7744 June 13, 2012 6:29 AM EDT

The judge should throw the book at the entire bunch of them for felonious stupidity in the first degree!

Zimmerman's wife lied to the judge...under oath...about having no assets or funds after she had spent the previous week transferring tens of thousands in and out of various accounts every day...and putting thousands more "in the box,"

All this makes trying to tell the judge at this point that you "weren't aware" of any funds a really tough sell.

This was an obvious (and rather clumsy) attempt by both of them (and the rest of the Zimmerman family as well) to low-ball the court and to hold on to "their" newly-found wealth...it was not money intended (at least not by Zimmerman) to be squandered on things lile bail bonds...t was for paying off his credit cards...or to be put in the "box" along with Zimmie's very illegal "extra" passport...perhaps in anticipation of George's own, "Plan B"...the rabbit gambit!

But that wasn't dumb...it was MEGA-DUMB...

These people are criminals...incredibly inept criminals, it's true...but arrogant, lawbreaking criminals nonetheless!!

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by TwinkiToes June 13, 2012 1:53 PM EDT: ad_iudicium ... now that is just *so* ... anal. You really are stretching the limits of intelligent minds. You give your "type" away. Ay yi yi yi yi...

Try listing the real offences Zim has on his rap sheet rather that witless, pathetic ... irrelevant sarcasm.

by wdh3007 June 13, 2012 5:02 AM EDT

This case has been overblown who cares how much money he and his wife had that's beside the point. The man is not guilty and will be found as such so get over it I'm not even convinced the police would have even done the right thing had Zimmermann stayed in his car at this point since they let him go and gave him his gun back. This whole case was screwd from the start by the police why else do think the Sanford police chief wanted to resign but the city counsel wouldn't let him off the hook that easy.

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by reality_sanity June 13, 2012 6:02 AM EDT: The bulk of the evidence in George's defense is George's own statements. George sat silent in court and benefited from his wife;s lies not to mention to the recorded collusion with his wife to hide the financial information and a second passport from the court. Why should the jury trust the word of a conspirator and a liar should George's attorney choose to have him take the stand. If George does not take the stand his version of events can not be considered by the jury.


by NoMoMonkeyBiznizz June 13, 2012 9:29 AM EDT: wdh3007

The Sanford police did the right thing that night.
Their investigation that night showed very overwhelmingly that Martin attacked Zimmerman and he was shot for his effort.

The original prosecutor even agreed. This is what it is now because race baiter Al Sharpton got involved and got the Afro-American community all stirred up!


by reality_sanity June 14, 2012 4:20 AM EDT: Sanford Police failed to identify all the witnesses for weeks. They had to have others identify that Trayvon was actively participating in a phone call at the time of the attack.

by TwinkiToes June 13, 2012 3:36 AM EDT

More details from Associated Press!

"...Records show Shellie Zimmerman in the days before the hearing transferred $74,000 in eight smaller amounts ranging from $7,500 to $9,990, from her husband's credit union account to hers, according to an arrest affidavit. It also shows that $47,000 was transferred from George Zimmerman's account to his sister's in the days before the bond hearing.

Four days after he was released on bond, Shellie Zimmerman transferred more than $85,500 from her account into her husband's account, the affidavit said. The affidavit also said that jail call records show that George Zimmerman instructed her to "pay off all the bills," including an American Express and Sam's Club card.

A state attorney investigator met with credit union officials and learned that she had control of transfers to and from her husband's account.

Jeffrey Neiman, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice, said cash transactions in excess of $10,000 usually trigger a reporting requirement by the bank to multiple government agencies - including the IRS.

"If Mrs. Zimmerman intentionally structured the financial transactions in a manner to keep the offense under $10,000, not only may she have committed perjury in the state case, but she also may have run afoul of several federal statutes and could face serious federal criminal charges," Neiman wrote in an email to The Associated Press...."

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by TwinkiToes June 13, 2012 3:40 AM EDT: Hmmmm. All those Zimfenders? Told yah more details would emerge to further incriminate the Zimernators! (Or Z-squared, Zsq). In particular, all these wold-cries about need the money for "the best defense" ??

Please do pay particular note to the following excerpt from above:

"The affidavit also said that jail call records show that George Zimmerman instructed her to "pay off all the bills," including an American Express and Sam's Club card."

Pay off bills? So Amex & Sam's Club are now attornies?

Yup. There'll be more. No WONDER, Mark O'Mara was speechless and decided Zim has to answer to the Judge. In reality, do translate THAT stemement to the more correct and factual:

Zimmerman has to answer to ... the LAW!


by bobnjersey June 13, 2012 7:22 AM EDT: ["If Mrs. Zimmerman intentionally structured the financial transactions in a manner to keep the offense under $10,000, not only may she have committed perjury in the state case, but she also may have run afoul of several federal statutes and could face serious federal criminal charges," Neiman wrote in an email to The Associated Press...."]
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it should be no business of the government how much you have ... or what you do with your money ... as long as it was obtained and being spent legally.

i'm sure they had no problem w/ it when they collected any taxes on it.

if they can't prove this ... then they should get off her back.


by pwgrant June 13, 2012 8:06 AM EDT: Well thar ya have it: "pay off all the bills," including an American Express and Sam's Club card."

She must be guilty. Spouse alert!! Spouse alert!! NEVER and I mean NEVER tell your spouse to pay the bills. If you do that over the phone you are also GUILTY of wire fraud. Be afraid! Be VERY afraid!!!

Can we at have a trial, and maybe a conviction before someone is tarred and feathered? Can we have a modicum of effort to support the constitution? You know? The part about DUE PROCESS?


by reality_sanity June 14, 2012 4:22 AM EDT: What part of this evidence being presented in court in review of the bail hearing do you not understand as part of due process, pwgrant.

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