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Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office

SWORN WITNESS INTERVIEW

I am Deputy - r eO; t SNEL(rR ovs.;:

Office conducting a criminal investigation.

This interview is being conducted at

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Persons present at this interview are

(if applicable).

The name of the person being interviewed is

This sworn interview is being taken in relation to

At this time I will administer the oath.

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OATH

This is a swom, tape recorded interview taken by a law enforcement officer pursuant to section 117.10,

F. S. Please raise your right hand. Do you swear or affirm that the statement you are about to give will be

the truth, the whole truth, and nothing b the ruth

(Signature of witness)Yes, I so swear or affirm

Please state your full name.

Please state your current address.

Please state your home phone number.

Please state your work phone number.

Please state your current occupation.

INTERVIEW

Time interview concluded

CERTIFICATION

The undersigned deputy acknowledges taking and being present during the foregoing interview.

The interview was recorded on side of tape- :z; ,. /1/h~ ,Z.:: o.-~

and marked by the name o.fthe ,ness, the VHI case number JJ- V37

Date of interview d?/; tf : /"0 . Initials of deputy taking statement.

(~un;orDeputy)

(VHI Case #)

HSMV 62751 (Rev. 1/89)



P ALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIF F'S O FF IC E/T RA FF IC

IN TERVIEW O F FACU NDO PARED ES

(The following may contain unintelligible or misunderstood words due to the recording quality.)

SNELGROVE: I'm deputy Troy Snelgrove of the Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office,conducti a criminal investigation. This interview is being conducted at

Today's date is

2/18/2010, and the time is 5:35 p.m. Name of the person being interviewed

is Facundo --

PAREDES: Paredes.

SNELGROVE: Paredes?

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: This sworn interview is being taken in relation to a traffic fatality. At this time

I will administer the oath. This is a sworn, tape-recorded interview taken by a

law enforcement officer pursuant to Section 117.10 of the Florida Statute.

Please raise your right hand. Do you swear and affirm the statements you're

about to give to be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?

PAREDES: Yes, sir.

SNELGROVE: Sign right there for me, saying that you swear and affirm. Will you please

state your full name for me, spelling your last name?

PAREDES: Yes. Uh, it's Facundo Gareer [phonetic] Paredes. Paredes, uh, P-A-R-E-D-E-

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SNELGROVE: Okay. And your current address?

PAREDES: It's, uh,

SNELGROVE: And your home phone number?

PAREDES: It's, uh -- it's not a phone number. It's, uh -- I mean, it's not home -- home

phone is cell.

SNELGROVE: Cell's fine.

PAREDES: It's, uh,-..

SNELGROVE: And a work phone number?

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PAREDES: It's,uh'_

SNELGROVE: And what's your current occupation?

PAREDES: Uh, I'm a vale t parker.

SNELGROVE: Okay. I'm talking with you today in reference to an incident that occurred on,

uh, Friday morning, uh, early on the 12thof February. And I'm gonna ask you

some ques t ions about, uh, that -- early that morning and the night before.

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: Okay? Um, what were you do ing that night? Were -- were you employed

here as a valet?

PAREDES: Uh, yes, sir.

SNELGROVE: Okay. And, um, what time d id you get to work?

PAREDES: About 6.

SNELGROVE: About 6:00?

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: What time did you leave?

PAREDES: Uh, 2, 2 a.m.

SNELGROVE: Was it busy that night?

PAREDES: Uh,yes. Not as busy as usual, but it was busy.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Were you here by yourself?

PAREDES: At the beginning I was with my co-worker. And after that, he left.

SNELGROVE: Andwhat tim e d id he leave?

PAREDES: Maybeat -- maybeat 9. It's hard to say.

SNELGROVE: Okay. So you were here by yourself from 9 until 2 --

PAREDES: They close.




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SNELGROVE: -- in the morning?

PAREDES: Two in the morning. Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Um, do you know who JohnGoodman is?

PAREDES: Yes, sir.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Uh, you know him by looking at him, or--

PAREDES: Yes, by looking at him, you know.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Um, do you know what kind of car he dr ives?

PAREDES: Uh, I saw the car hewas dr iv ing that night.

SNELGROVE: That night.

PAREDES: The night that he came--

SNELGROVE: What kind of car was it?

PAREDES: Itwas a Bentley conver t ib le.

SNELGROVE: Okay. What color was it?

PAREDES: I couldn't tell, sir. I mean, it was -- it was dark. I know it was dark, but --

SNELGROVE: Dark-coloredcar?

PAREDES: Yeah.

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: Conver t ib le.

SNELGROVE: Um,what time did he get here?

PAREDES: I could not tell you exactly.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Around about?

PAREDES: I would say anything between -- I'd say -- kind of make a range of two hours,

becauseI'll tell you when we're busy --




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SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: -- uh, I don't check the time. Uh, I'd say between 10 and 12.

SNELGROVE: Okay. We talked to you, uh, out here about, uh --

PAREDES: Tuesday.

SNELGROVE: Tuesday night?

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: And, uh, you had mentioned it was somewhere around 11. Is that right, or

would that be --

PAREDES: Yeah. You know, I -- I cannot tell you a specific time. It can be 11 --

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: -- it can be 10:30. It can be 11:30.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Do you know about what t ime he left?

PAREDES: It could be 10:15. I'd say between 12 and 1, or som eth in g like that.

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: You know, it could be 12:15, 12:30.

SNELGROVE: When we -- when we talked to you -- when we talked to you on Tuesday, you

sa id it was about an hour before you got off.

PAREDES: Yeah. It could be, like, I don't know, 12:45, 1.

SNELGROVE: Okay. 12:45 or 1?

PAREDES: 12:30.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Okay. Um--

PAREDES: I cannot tell you. We don't -- we --

SNELGROVE: D id you -- did you park h is car down in the parking lot? Or where'd you park

his car?

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PAREDES: No. We park his car at -- at the front. You know, a specialcar like that, we --

we just keep it up front.

SNELGROVE: Okay. And, uh, did you go over and get the keys from him? Did he throw

you the keys?

PAREDES: Uh, no. He came driving, he pulled right in front. I openedthe door for him.

Uh, you know, we don't give tickets to -- to -- to him, becausewe know him.

So I just kept his car in front.

SNELGROVE: Oh, so you didn't -- you didn't get the keys from him, give him a ticket and all

that? Hejust parked up there and said hi and walked in?

PAREDES: Yes. I just parked the car for him. He went into --

SNELGROVE: You parked the car for him?

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay. So he pulled up in -- underneath the overhang up here, like everybody

else. And you --

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: -- pulled the car right up front?

PAREDES: Yes. I moved it like -- well, it's not --

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: -- not even --

SNELGROVE: Did you give him a ticket?

PAREDES: Uh, no.

SNELGROVE: Okay. So you took his keys and put the keys in the key --

PAREDES: Uh --

SNELGROVE: -- box?

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay.

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PAREDES: When he left, I just hand h im h is keys.

SNELGROVE: When he left, uh, you walked over to h im, handed h im h is keys. Did you

open the door for him?

PAREDES: When he left, I just saw him coming out of the door, so I went to my locker, I

openedmy door, handedhim his key. S aid, "H av e a good night, sir."

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: Hejust --

SNELGROVE: D id he tip you?

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: Did he tip you good?

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Did you see anything unusualabout him?

PAREDES: Uh, no.

SNELGROVE: D id he seemlike hewas intoxicated to you?

PAREDES: No, not really. No.

SNELGROVE: What do you mean not really? No or --

PAREDES: We didn't talk --

SNELGROVE: -- not really?

PAREDES: No. I mean, we didn't talk too much. I just said, "Have a good night, sir."

He tipped me and he just took his key.

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: Jumped in his car.

SNELGROVE: Was he by himself?

PAREDES: Yes. By the t ime he left, yeah.




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SNELGROVE: What do you mean by the time he left?

PAREDES: When he left, I was by myself working.

SNELGROVE: No. When he left --

PAREDES: Yeah.

SNELGROVE: -- was he in the car by himself? Was he the only one that got in the car?

PAREDES: Oh, yeah. Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay. So he came out, you gave him his keys. He got in the car, he was theonly one in the car?

PAREDES: Yes.

SNELGROVE: Okay. And, urn, did he just drive off? Or did he sit there for a little while?

PAREDES: Yeah. He just drove off. Yeah.

SNELGROVE: Just drove off?

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: Okay. And you're not sure of the time?

PAREDES: No.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Do you know who StaceyShore is?

PAREDES: No.

SNELGROVE: Youdon't know that name?

PAREDES: I don't know who StaceyShore is.

SNELGROVE: How about, uh, Kris Kampsen?

PAREDES: Uh, no.

SNELGROVE: Tall guy --

PAREDES: I may know --

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SNELGROVE: -- red hair, long hair.

PAREDES: No.

SNELGROVE: No?

PAREDES: You know, I read some of those names on the Polo Magazine, you know,

because --

SNELGROVE: Okay. But you don't know who they are?

PAREDES: No.

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: You know, I like to read about polo, you know, since my work, and I justkinda like it, so --

SNELGROVE: Okay.

PAREDES: -- I read the magazine.

SNELGROVE: Okay. Can you think of anything else?

PAREDES: (No audible response).

SNELGROVE: Okay. Um, I can't think of anything else at this time. Do you have anyproblem with me contacting you later if there's any--

PAREDES: Uh-huh.

SNELGROVE: -- if there's any, uh -- okay. I'm gonna go ahead and conclude the interview.

The time is 5:42 p.m.

(CONCLUSION OF INTERVIEW)

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