7/15/2006 Port St. Lucie, FL Sex Offender Kills Young Woman at Smoothie Shop

Scott David Uslan, 42 shot and killed Brittany Carleo, 17 just days after authorities were preparing a stalking warrant for his arrest. Uslan was the father of her former boyfriend but there was a sexual relationship that developed between the two with several encounters in a local motel. Carleo tried to end the relationship. That is when Uslan began making harassing calls at her workplace, the Tropical Smoothie Café. On July 11, Carleo came to Port St. Lucie police and spoke with Steinkraus about harassing phone calls Carleo was receiving at her work between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Uslan was arrested on July 13, although he was quickly released on bail. On the 15th, at about, 9:15 am, he arrived to shoot her and then himself with a .357 Magnum. Uslan was a registered sex offender.