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Sarasota News Leader May 17, 2013 During the investigation, detectives learned that Roman and his co-defendant were at Walgreens about an hour after the crime and were overheard discussing the attack, the report says. A Walgreens clerk told deputies he heard the younger teen say to Roman, "Thanks for doing that for me. Thanks for f---ing that kid up." Page 58 The co-defendants were seen on store surveillance, the report continues. Two witnesses who viewed the video positively identified them as the people who struck Prater, the report adds. Roman and his co-defendant are charged with one count each of misdemeanor Battery. It is the first arrest for both teens, the report says. Detectives would still like to speak with anyThe 15-year-old had blood on his hands and one who has additional information about this the two paid with a blood-stained $5 bill, the case, the news release notes. People are asked report notes. to contact Det. Kim McGath at 861-4928. WAITRESS ALLEGEDLY POCKETED MORE THAN $800 AT RESTAURANT A former waitress at Turtles Restaurant on Siesta Key has been charged with voiding cash transactions and pocketing about $800, according to a Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report. Melissa T. Finnerty, 19, who was listed as homeless in court records, was arrested by a deputy on May 5 and charged with a felony count of Scheming to Defraud. She was placed under a $20,000 bond, according to the arrest report. The incidents with which Finnerty is charged allegedly occurred over a four-month period, the report says. About 11:45 p.m. on March 11, Turtles manager Kenneth Idsardi came to the Sheriff's Office to file a complaint about Finnerty, the report says. He told a detective that during the previous four months he had employed Finnerty at the south Siesta Key restaurant and that he noticed some discrepancies with the number of cash payment voids she had made, the report says. Idsardi explained to the detective that managers have Melissa Finnerty/Contributed photo