Small Town Misfit

Brooklyn, OH
Workers at the Ohio License Bureau in Biddulph Plaza got a surprise Feb. 1 when a man trying to renew a fake identification card jumped over the counter in an attempt to retrieve his ill-gotten goods.

Employees called police after they tried to confiscate the man’s original fake ID.

According to witnesses, the man leaped over the counter and wrestled the card away from a worker before fleeing in the direction of the Giant Eagle grocery store. Police were unable to locate the suspect and his female accomplice.

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Columbia, SC
Sunset Boulevard and Innkeeper Drive: A man called police at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday to report that his twin brother was using his identity. The man told officers he found a traffic ticket issued to him during a time when he was in Georgia. The brother was pulled over for the ticket but gave his twin’s license number and name to the officer, the man said.

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Irmo, SC
Lake Murray Boulevard, 900 block: Two men were arrested at 2:55 p.m. Saturday after police spotted them in a car with an expired tag. The driver produced a license that had been suspended for insurance cancellation. Further investigation revealed he was wanted on other charges, including armed robbery. A 2-year-old and a 5-year-old in the back seat were not in car seats. Officers found an open can of beer and a loaded handgun in the car. A computer check on the gun showed it had been stolen from the Palm Springs, Calif., Police Department.

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