Samara Leneece Seward Buxom Bandit

Samara Leneece Seward Buxom Bandit, The woman Broward investigators say is their “Buxom Bandit” who has stolen the identities of several school employees has been arrested. The Broward Sheriff’s Office arrested Samara Leneece Seward, 31, on Thursday on grand theft and identity theft charges. Seward, who is being held without bond at the Broward Main Jail, also has been charged with violating her probation.


The Sheriff’s Office used the moniker “Buxom Bandit” because prior to identifying a suspect, investigators knew her only as a full-figured woman who was caught on surveillance video at a school. Buxom bandit,

Seward has an extensive criminal history in Florida and has twice served time in prison for identity theft and grand theft, state records show. Oil of Olay Bandit,

Investigators say that in one recent case the bandit stole a wallet out of a teacher’s purse that was left inside a Pinewood Elementary classroom in North Lauderdale in May and took $3,000 from the teacher’s bank account, using the teacher’s debit card. Abe Lincoln Bandit,

Authorities later linked Seward to two other identity theft cases involving school employees in Deerfield Beach and Pembroke Pines, officials said.