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October 11, 2007

2 more arrests in DMV fake-license case

Two more people have been arrested, and 19 others are still wanted, for allegedly getting valid Rhode Island driver's licenses falsified by two clerks at the state Division of Motor Vehicles.

The clerks had sent the licenses to dozens of illegal immigrants and suspected drug dealers who’d paid middlemen between $2,500 to $3,000 apiece in order to conceal their identity with a valid driver's license, according to the state police.

Some of the “customers” have since been rearrested on drug charges in various states -- where their true identity was revealed by fingerprints -- but others are on the run.

As the state police search for the suspects, they are still trying to determine how the licenses were used – whether in financial transactions, to buy guns, or exchanged in different state for another valid license. In several cases, the licenses were used by people who’d been deported and illegally reentered, or who were wanted on drug warrants.

Anastacio Segura, 34, who also uses Martinez as his surname, was caught at a work site in Boston last night with a fake Rhode Island license, said state police Capt. Stephen Lynch. He’d already been deported to Mexico, but had illegally reentered the country, Lynch said.

Daniel Liranzo, 41, was arrested this morning in New York City with a falsified Rhode Island license, Lynch said. Now, both Liranzo and Segura are being held for deportation.

-- Journal staff writer Amanda Milkovits

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 6:38 PM | Permalink

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