Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Senagalese man had stolen mail, fake IDs in car, Prosecutor says
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal | Nov. 9, 2001 | David Doege

Posted on 11/09/2001 3:49:22 AM PST by tom paine 2

A Senegal national apparently in violation of his student visa is the subject of local and federal investigations after he was arrested in Greendale with a car full of suspected stolen mail and false identification materials, a prosecutor said Thursday.

"He had a mass of information about other people's identities in his car," said Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Phillip A. Arieff. "He's obviously part of a large network and has no connections here."

According to a criminal complaint:

Pape T. Dlop was posing as a San Diego man when he was arrested Oct. 22 at Southridge Mall for using phony identification cards to purchase jewelry. Authorities subsequently learned that he had earlier purchased jewelry in Brookfield using bogus identification.

Dlop, 18, was charged with forgery, theft of identification and possession of marijuana, but is of greater interest to authorities because of the undelivered mail and phony identification materials found in his car.

Arieff said that investigators from the U.S. Secret Service and U.S. postal inspector were notified and have begun probing Dlop's activities.

His arrest is the latest example of why authorities are becoming increasingly concerned about identity theft. This summer area law enforcement officials formed the Milwaukee Area Identity Theft Task Force to establish protocol for prosecuting people who are coming up with more ways to misuse people's identities to commit crime.

"It's the fastest growing crime by far," said Milwaukee County Deputy District Attorney Robert D. Donohoo, a task force member.

Earlier this week, a convicted robber was accused of heading an identity theft ring from within the walls of the Waupun Correctional Institution. In August, a Milwaukee woman was arrested on charges of stealing the identities of hundreds of hospital patients to illegally establish gas, electric, telephone and cable television service for herself and others.

Among the phony identification materials found in Dlop's car were driver's licenses from Maryland and Pennsylvania and a City University of New York identification card, all bearing his likeness, according to the complaint. Police also found "several pages of names and Social Security numbers," the complaint says.

"The Secret Service has been apprised of the many suspicious pieces of evidence found" in Dlop's car, the complaint says. Authorities suspect that the undelivered "numerous quantities of mail and other bills addressed to other individuals" were to be used to generate additional fraudulent identification, the complaint says.

On Wednesday, defense attorney John Sesini tried to persuade Circuit Judge Daniel L. Konkol to halve the $10,000 bail for Dlop, saying he has a fiancee eight months pregnant and was in the area to be closer to a brother who has lived here for six months. Sesini also said that Dlop was planning to attend the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha.

Arieff noted that because Dlop was here on a student visa and not attending school, he appears to be violating his visa. Because of the allegations against him and the mystery surrounding the material in his car, Dlop's bail deserved to be raised, according to Arieff.

Konkol agreed and increased it to $100,000. Dlop was being held in the County Jail Thursday and is due back in Circuit Court on Dec. 12.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last
When are we going to round up all these folks with expired student visas? Is anyone in washington paying attention?
1 posted on 11/09/2001 3:49:23 AM PST by tom paine 2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
... defense attorney John Sesini tried to persuade Circuit Judge Daniel L. Konkol to halve the $10,000 bail for Dlop, saying he has a fiancee eight months pregnant and was in the area to be closer to a brother who has lived here for six months ..."

So what? Try the guy, sentence him, send him to prison, and then deport him. Good riddance.

2 posted on 11/09/2001 3:54:58 AM PST by JoeGar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: JoeGar
Greendale...wasn't that the school on the return address of the anthrax letter to Daschle? Interesting coincidence.
3 posted on 11/09/2001 4:11:52 AM PST by Dudoight
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
National ID cards would be good for them.
4 posted on 11/09/2001 4:13:21 AM PST by mbb bill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
Our government philosophy seems to be: spend billions on security and the war effort while letting the cancer spread everywhere in this country. We will never be safe until these people are out of the U.S. Apparently, political correctness will prevail until some other catastrophic event occurs.
5 posted on 11/09/2001 4:38:19 AM PST by afz400
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
Yeah, and if he had a National ID, this would never have happened. RrriiIIIIIGgghhht....
6 posted on 11/09/2001 4:43:35 AM PST by Wm Bach
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dudoight
"Greendale...wasn't that the school on the return address of the anthrax letter to Daschle? Interesting coincidence."

You have sharp eyes, my friend. Hope the law enforcement people pursuing this case have equally sharp eyes.

7 posted on 11/09/2001 4:45:33 AM PST by Irene Adler
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
The feds are watching and picking up the errant ones....

Their primary focus are the ones that appear to be terrorist related.....not all the students wiith expired visas....I believe everyone could agree that the resources should be focused there first.....

In the past, the US gov actually encouraged students to stay beyond their Visa expiration in the past by turning a blind eye to the violaters....

The real problem is being quietly and quickly resolved although a dragnet will never catch them all.......

NeverGore

8 posted on 11/09/2001 4:47:30 AM PST by nevergore
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
I'm afraid he's just a Dlop in the bucket of id theft. Probably not terrorist related...
9 posted on 11/09/2001 4:52:15 AM PST by Egg
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
What I want to know is ...is this guy a Muslim? Could this be the ring that provides false identification papers for terrorists?
10 posted on 11/09/2001 4:52:38 AM PST by cake_crumb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Dudoight
You're correct. Greendale was the fake school name used.

Picture of Letters

11 posted on 11/09/2001 4:57:34 AM PST by snippy_about_it
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: JoeGar
Send him to prison? No! He has suffered. Immediately put his girl friend on the taxpayer support rolls. Forgive him(after all it is only mail).Elect him to public office and then place him charge of our military. We need more tolerance!
12 posted on 11/09/2001 4:58:59 AM PST by HENRYADAMS
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: tom paine 2
Oh, we couldn't do that! It might offend someone.
13 posted on 11/09/2001 4:59:12 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: afz400
airlines are unable to closely inspect the baggage of arabs because we may offend some undeserving victim. We all know whats going to happen as a result.
14 posted on 11/09/2001 5:02:02 AM PST by tm61
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: cake_crumb; bvw; gumbo; *TerrOrWar
Senegal is 92% Moslem. So this guy very probably is a Moslem.
15 posted on 11/09/2001 5:04:50 AM PST by aristeides
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: Wm Bach
Yeah, and if he had a National ID, this would never have happened.

Once you create a National ID card, criminal elements will shift to forging them too. Better to greatly stiffen the penalities for all aspects of identity theft, say somewhere just short of "You steal or aid in the stealing of someone's identity, you die."
16 posted on 11/09/2001 5:08:59 AM PST by pt17
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: snippy_about_it; Queen Elizabeth of Iowa; Dudoight
Uh, just an FYI. The article refers to him being arrested in the VILLAGE OF GREENDALE, WI. The anthrax letters were mailed from New Jersey.
17 posted on 11/09/2001 5:09:28 AM PST by malakhi
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: aristeides
Figures. How do we go about getting a heads up to the Office of Homeland Defense? I gotta do some research.
18 posted on 11/09/2001 5:09:28 AM PST by cake_crumb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: angelo
Just an FYI: I think THE NAME GREENDALE IS WHAT CAUGHT JOEGAR'S ATTENTION.
19 posted on 11/09/2001 5:13:12 AM PST by cake_crumb
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: Egg
My first wide grin this morning......and quiet giggle! hehehe, thanks
20 posted on 11/09/2001 5:16:01 AM PST by horsewhispersc
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-4041-44 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson