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newsobserver.com | Identity theft ring found; three arrested in Durham

Published: Jan 01, 2006 12:30 AM
Modified: Jan 01, 2006 04:33 AM

Identity theft ring found; three arrested in Durham

An identity theft ring was uncovered in the Residence Inn hotel Saturday morning, police said.
At 10:30 a.m., officers found three men in a room using a computer to print counterfeit checks, modeled after genuine checks they had stolen, said Lt. L.L. Clyburn of the Durham police. Also in the room were marijuana and gift cards that may or may not be counterfeit, Clyburn said Saturday night.

The three suspects -- Haydn Thomas, 31; Jamel Ellerbee, 20; and Jarrod Evans, 25 -- were arrested. They face charges of obtaining property by false pretenses and accessing computers for the purpose of furthering a fraudulent act and a misdemeanor for the marijuana found in the room, Clyburn said.

"The investigation is continuing, and additional charges are pending," she said. "The pending charges will probably fall under fraud."

She said police files show all three men have lived in Durham at some point in their lives, but their current addresses remain unknown.

"From what I can understand, they rented one room," Clyburn added. "[The Criminal Investigations Division] was contacted in reference to fraud because the room rented out was rented with a stolen MasterCard."

Durham police arrived at Residence Inn after a 911 call from an unknown source. The reason for the original call is also not known.

The uniform patrol who arrived at the scene then notified the CID, and Investigator Chris Chappell was assigned to the case.

"[Chappell] has been working that case pretty much all day, and we'll continue to work it," Clyburn said Saturday.

Staff writer Meiling Arounnarath can be reached at 932-2004 or meiling.arounnarath@ newsobserver.com.

Possible relatives (Veromi)
1. ELLERBEE, JAMES A KNIGHTDALE, NCRALEIGH, NC
ELLERBEE, JAMEL
ELLERBEE, LORIANNE A (age 45)
ELLERBE, LORI A View Details

2. EVANS, JARROD J 25 RALEIGH, NC

EVANS, JOSEPH EDWARD (age 51)
CARBALLOLIETCH, LAURA CARBALLO (age 50)

Hayden Thomas- SUSPENDED SENTENCE for ID Theft. Conviction Date 8/11/06

DOC# 0944038

Another conviction in Durham 3/14/06 Carrying a concealed weapon (Note the date; probably a coincidence)

Does it mean he is not telling the truth? No. It does show that in Durham, birds of a feather stick together. I would not expect boyscouts to be bouncers at these places, but My, oh my. This case has Durham's low life crawling out of the woodwork. BTW Residence Inn --wonder if Precious knows the Residence Inn???

I would think the Residence Inn might be a little upscale for Precious. NoTell Motel would be more along the line of meeting her needs. You know, the kind that rent by the hour.

P&P OFFENDER NC DOC NUMBER ID: 0944038
P&P OFFENDER LAST NAME: THOMAS
P&P OFFENDER FIRST NAME: HAYDN PATRI

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