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Dumb Criminal: Don’t Give a False Name When You’re Carrying an ID

The suspect was charged with additional charge of False Information after a Lakeville Police officer finds the supect's concealed wallet.

Officer Doyle Cockrell responded to a retail store where loss prevention officers had a subject detained for shoplifting $75 of merchandise. Officer Cockrell arrested and cuffed the suspect and found a wallet hidden on the suspect. In checking the ID in the wallet, Officer Cockrell determined that the suspect had given a false name and had hidden his wallet to conceal his identity. The suspect was charged with the additional charge of False Information.

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