Man Dodges Cops For 11 Years: Riverside Police

RIVERSIDE, IL — A Chicago man with a revoked driver's license was somehow able to get an Illinois license using an address in Michigan, where he has never lived, police said. He is accused of dodging police for 11 years after a 2009 felony DUI arrest.

On Thursday, a Riverside officer stopped the man, who was seen crossing the double yellow line three times on Harlem Avenue, according to a police news release.

The man, identified as Eddie Rosado, 36, was asked whether he had been drinking. He told the officer he had six beers before getting in the car, police said. He was reported as swaying from side to side, barely standing.

When he was fingerprinted, his information came back with numerous names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and addresses, the news release said. But police said they positively identified him as Rosado.

According to the release, Rosado gave false information about his driving privileges. He had a revoked license for a previous DUI arrest, police said. The address on his driver's license was in Novi, Mich., a Detroit suburb.

In 2009, Rosado was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated DUI in Chicago. For 11 years, he eluded the justice system by providing police officers with fake names, false dates of birth, false addresses and fictitious Social Security numbers.

The only real way to identify Rosado, police said, was the fingerprint check.

In response to Patch questions, Police Chief Tom Weitzel said police are still investigating how Rosado was able to use a Michigan address to get his Illinois driver's license.

Rosado was charged with aggravated felony DUI, felony aggravated driving with a revoked license and driving in the wrong lane. His criminal history shows 45 previous arrests, including those involving weapons, domestic battery, carjacking, armed robbery, and assault and battery, police said.