Posted on 04/22/2011 6:15:51 PM PDT by moonshinner_09
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— An Anchorage Police officer has been serving under an assumed name and is in the country illegally, the U.S. District Attorney's Office says.
Rafael Mora-Lopez, 51, is charged with a false application of passport, using the name Rafael Espinoza to apply or re-apply for a passport in January. When the application was made, it was discovered by the Department of State that duplicate passports with the same information existed.
Anchorage police say Mora-Lopez, who is actually a Mexican citizen, had been with the Anchorage Police Department as Rafael Espinoza since May of 2005.
The Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office would not say how long Mora-Lopez had been in Alaska or the U.S., or how long he had been using Espinoza’s name, saying that many details would not come out until trial because it is an ongoing investigation.
U.S. Attorney Karen Loeffler said charges were brought Thursday, and Mora-Lopez was arrested the same day. “It came to our attention and was resolved in about 24 hours,” Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said.
Mew emphasized that, other than the false name, there is no other evidence of wrongdoing on Mora-Lopez’s part. He said Mora-Lopez, as Espinoza, was known as hardworking, professional and was well-respected amongst his colleagues. “The problem is, he is not Rafael Espinoza,” Mew said.
Mew said that the real Rafael Espinoza, a U.S. Citizen, has a “squeaky-clean” record, and that any background check for Mora-Lopez under the assumed name would have showed that clean background. He also said a fingerprint check would not have discovered anything unless Mora-Lopez had been fingerprinted as a criminal or for other employment opportunities and background checks.
Mew did say, however, that Mora-Lopez’s polygraph test, which law enforcement officers take prior to employment, would be examined, if possible.
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I wonder if he is vested in his pension after 5 years.
Who does the background checks at APD? How the heck can you miss an Illegal Alien?
In Florida they just about shoot probes in your orifices when doing LEO background checks....is it that easy to be an LEO in Alaska?
Why does peregrine Obama get a passport and not the Mexican both are foreigners..
Must be U.S. Representative Luis Gutierrez of Chicago-LOL
So, being a cop is now one of the jobs Americans just won’t do?
Was he actually there for the purpose of helping the cartels get their drugs into AK?
Part of a network of illegals?
More details please, then deport him.
Diversity hiring quota does it again.
Another example that makes it that much harder for people to respect and trust law enforcement.
How did he get a certified number for law enforcement? And why didn’t somebody at LEIN catch this? Somebody is sleeping at the terminal. Air traffic controllers are being fired for sleeping at the panel.
“In Florida they just about shoot probes in your orifices when doing LEO background checks....is it that easy to be an LEO in Alaska?”
Alaska state trooper Mike Wooten, nuff said.
He used someone else’s identity for years. It wasn’t until he applied for a US Passport that he was caught. Had he not done that, he would still be a cop in good standing.
So if they caught him at THAT level, then why NOT obama who must have some record there as well. And why could the state department make THIS case public and NOT obama? Expiring minds want to know.
Serious question....
Why has obama been dubbed as “peregrine”? I love falcons. Is there a reason for this designation? Have I missed something?
It’s an insult to peregrines.
Ask Rove if Moses was an Egyptian or Hebrew.
You must not know the definition of a peregrine..
You must not know the definition of a peregrine.
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You could ‘loosely’ say that his (BO) path is not that far apart from that of Peregrinus (according to Lucian) but seriously doubt BO would take the same ‘route’.
Make the claim, yes.
Follow through, I don’t think he has the ‘stones’.
Back then, one had to study “Cynicism” but today it appears to come naturally, at least in my case....
Yeah, I do. But that is not normally how I think of peregrines. And my post was tongue in cheek. Like I said. I love falcons. It’s an insult to falcons.
How about calling Obama...spurious..which is a better match..peregrine or spurious..
A peregrine was a subject of Rome..here we find the difference between a subject and a citizen.
One could say Obama is a hybride..or hybrid...
A peregrine, a spurious birth..a hybride..cannot be a natural born citizen.
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