A Boynton Beach woman is facing grand theft charges after investigators say she made up a story about a home invasion so she could sell her boyfriend's gun to buy heroin.The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrested 47-year-old Bobbijean Truempy on Thursday in Boynton Beach.Sheriff's office deputies said Truempy called 911 to report a home invasion at her apartment on Pineapple Tree Drive.Truempy initially told investigators a man forced her back into the apartment at gunpoint and made her open a safe where her boyfriend kept a gun. She said the man took the gun. When deputies asked her for more information, they said her speech was slurred and her story kept changing. Truempy's boyfriend called to say she has a drug problem and that she's the only one who knew he kept a gun in the safe, and she's the only one with the code. That's when Truempy admitted to deputies she had traded the gun for drugs and given it to a drug dealer named "Hammer" in Lake Worth two days ago. According to the arrest report, Truempy said she made up the story about the home innvasion so her boyfriend wouldn't get mad at her. When her boyfriend arrived home, she also admitted to him that she had traded the gun for heroin.He decided to press charges against her.Truempy has since been released from the Palm Beach County jail and is due back in court in May.

A Boynton Beach woman is facing grand theft charges after investigators say she made up a story about a home invasion so she could sell her boyfriend's gun to buy heroin.



The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office arrested 47-year-old Bobbijean Truempy on Thursday in Boynton Beach.


Sheriff's office deputies said Truempy called 911 to report a home invasion at her apartment on Pineapple Tree Drive.

Truempy initially told investigators a man forced her back into the apartment at gunpoint and made her open a safe where her boyfriend kept a gun. She said the man took the gun.

When deputies asked her for more information, they said her speech was slurred and her story kept changing.

Truempy's boyfriend called to say she has a drug problem and that she's the only one who knew he kept a gun in the safe, and she's the only one with the code.

That's when Truempy admitted to deputies she had traded the gun for drugs and given it to a drug dealer named "Hammer" in Lake Worth two days ago.

According to the arrest report, Truempy said she made up the story about the home innvasion so her boyfriend wouldn't get mad at her.

When her boyfriend arrived home, she also admitted to him that she had traded the gun for heroin.

He decided to press charges against her.

Truempy has since been released from the Palm Beach County jail and is due back in court in May.