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Florida Man Allegedly Used Purported Deepfake Video to Report Break-In of Deputy's Patrol Vehicle in Lake Mary
- Occurred
- Mar 24, 2026
- Published
- Apr 10, 2026
- Source
- AI Incident Database
Summary
Alexis Martínez-Arizala, a man from Florida, allegedly approached a Seminole County deputy inside a Lake Mary sporting-goods store and allegedly showed a three-second AI-generated video purporting to show people entering the deputy's marked patrol vehicle outside. Investigators later said surveillance footage showed no such event occurred, and local reporting said the deputy responded as though the threat were real. Martínez-Arizala was later arrested on multiple Florida charges
Developers
- Deepfake technology developers
Deployers
- Alexis Martínez-Arizala
Harmed parties
- Seminole County Sheriff’s Office deputy
- General public
- General public of Florida
- Epistemic integrity
Tags
- response
Classification
Category confidence: 95%
Severity confidence: 90%
Rationale: Incident involves AI-generated video used to deceive law enforcement, fitting deepfake category with medium severity due to arrest but no mass harm.
Classifier: Qwen/Qwen3.5-35B-A3B-FP8