I believe it too. I left my wallet on a bank table a moment and had it stolen. I spent time in jail twice as alias my own name. My AIRS number -in the local police database - is linked to the person - a crankster gangster - who used my ID here in Oregon and Washington state.
The first time I was arrested they released me when the next shift checked out the physical discription, which matches the criminal, not me.
I ronically enough, I was later stopped in Piece County Washington because a brake light didn't work and found I had arrest warrents for tickets in a city and county I didn't even know.
I spent the New Years weekend in jail - four days - and was released when my attorney gave them proof I had not been in Washington the time period of the tickets.
I also had to clear up other traffic tickets. This guy is in prison again, his brother just got out, and their immediate family and them are well known for theft, drugs, and many other serious problems.
If you think this guy's story is bizarre and unlikely, you just haven't found out yourself that this thing happens way too often.
I changed my licence number, and if I ever lose it again I imagine I will sweat and lose sleep a great deal until I know this is not going to replay itself again in anyway.
Dave - You remember this I trust. I was up visiting you know who in Tacoma when this happened.
I guess I don't remember hearing about that episode. It happens though. I know that in the next county north of us they had some trouble with this sort of thing a while back. Now before they pick anybody up on a warrant, they verify all of the identifying info they can. I think all arrest warrants are supposed to have a physical description, and if they don't match, the person doesn't get picked up.
I just got a call yesterday from a credit card issuer thanking me for for being a holder of one of their cards. Only trouble is, I'm not. I'm still waiting to find out WTF the deal is there. Been through that before. The last person to obtain credit in my name is, I hope, still in prison for murdering a kid in my neighborhood. In the wake of that whole mess, my block put in a secure mailbox - I wasn't the only one on whose name this guy was trading. I just think it's a bad deal when people who do stuff like that are running around with stuff that has my name on it. In this case, the murder weapon was stolen from someone else in the neighborhood, but I imagine it could as well have been bought with that fraudulent credit card, and I don't think I would have enjoyed what might have transpired if that were the case.