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Kissimmee pro tem Mayor Sara Shaw was behind bars Tuesday, accused of stealing from a dead woman.The arrest comes after a yearlong investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.Shaw is accused of squatting in a dead woman's home and using that woman's bank account to pay utilities on a home Shaw didn't own and had no permission to be in.Shaw and her boyfriend, Peter Sendtko, were arrested charged with fraud, grand theft and dealing in stolen property.According to the FDLE, the couple moved into the home of Carol Woosley in 2014. Woosley died in 2011, according to Florida Department of Law Enforcement Supervisor Daniel Warren."Essentially living for free. Getting free power. Free water," Warren said.Law enforcement officials said the couple stole nearly $5,000 from Woosley and sold her car to a relative.FDLE agents allege that Shaw and her boyfriend moved into the home without permission in April 2014 and filed an adverse possession to eventually acquire the property. Agents allege Sendtko then sold the deceased homeowner’s car to his mother.Kissimmee Mayor Jim Swan told WESH 2’s Chris Hush he was embarrassed.At Tuesday night's commissioners meeting, Shaw's seat next to the mayor’s was noticeably empty as she sat in jail.Swan said he hasn’t seen any documentation of her recent arrest and that commissioners haven’t discussed it yet.Shaw said he doesn’t know how the arrest may or may not affect her job, but insisted it wasn’t affecting the commission as a whole, or the city.In 2014, Shaw pleaded no contest after she was pulled over for going 105 miles per hour in a city vehicle. Shortly after, city commissioners were banned from using city vehicles.When asked about Shaw’s tenure with the city, the mayor described it as “bumpy.”She and her boyfriend are being held at the Osceola County Jail.Related: Commissioner's 105 mph speeding ticket prompts city vehicle changes