Posted on 12/13/2011 8:16:26 PM PST by moonshinner_09
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - A neighbor’s call reporting a stolen license plate led police to a man they say was making fake drivers licenses which he would then sell to illegal immigrants.
Sherie Ochoa called police on Sunday around noon after she noticed her license plate had been stolen. Ochoa told police she believed her neighbor, Richard Howell, 58, may be to blame.
Ochoa told News 13 that while Howell had not been living in the area long, every since he had come around she’d noticed some suspicious behavior.
"There was also a stolen truck out here and we knew where the stolen truck came from," Ochoa said.
After cops ran the plate of the truck they discovered it was indeed stolen and the person seen driving the truck had often visited the apartment rented by Howell.
Police found a lot more than just stolen license plates inside Howell’s apartment.
Investigators say they found 34 stolen ids, credit cards and social security cards.
APD officer Tasia Martinez tells News 13 Howell was using the driver’s licenses to sell to illegal immigrants.
Howell told police he retrieved the ids, credit cards and social security cards from dumpster divers.
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In the last decade all legitimate businesses have gotten super careful about Social Security numbers. Even the SSA itself does not print the full number upon its cheery little bulletins.
Alb is up to the rafters with crime, much of it related to illegals, narcotics or both. String the guy up.
In fact, I wouldn’t mind a “retro” movement in the sentencing phase where they cane him, then put him in stocks in a city square where we can spit on him.
We were "pan handled" at Christmas outside our hotel room in Albuquerque. The hotel was Spanish styled with outdoor corridors and wide arches. We were heading down to breakfast and there was a blind spot where the corridor turned a corner. A man stepped out from the darkness and asked for "gas money". My husband gave him 2 twenties, and we went on our way. I'll never stay at a hotel with outdoor corridors again. It could have been ugly.
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