Illegal Immigrant Busted for Trying to Get a License at Nashua DMV

A Massachusetts man was arrested today on multiple charges after allegedly trying to obtain a New Hampshire driver’s license.

Rigo Rodriguez, 25, of Lawrence, MA, was arrested on Aug. 1, on multiple counts of tampering with public records and unsworn falsification and a fugitive from justice charge out of Massachusetts on a possession of cocaine charge.

According to a press statement, state police were informed that Rodriguez, a native of the Dominican Republic, had entered the United States illegally and was attempting to get a driver’s license in Nashua. He was arrested at the Department of Motor Vehicle in Nashua, according to the report.

Rodriguez is being held without bail and will be arraigned in Nashua District Court on Aug. 4.

Troop G of the New Hampshire State Police was assisted by members of Troop B, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the New Hampshire Department of Motor Vehicles.