LA - Fake documents at local OMV lead to arrest

By Staff Reports
Southwest Daily News
Posted Jun 03, 2012 @ 10:57 AM

Lake Charles, La. —

A Honduran man has been arrested by Louisiana State Police detectives and charged with unlawful possession of fraudulent documents for identification purposes and filing a false public record.

Troopers, with assistance from the U.S. Border Patrol, have also determined that Oscar Perdomo-Barrera, 24, is reportedly in the country illegally.

It was on Friday, June 1, 2011, that officials with the Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) in Lake Charles contacted LSP detectives and reported a man attempting to obtain a state-issued identification card using alleged fraudulent documents. Troopers responded and detained Perdomo-Barrera of Houston, TX. Officials state that an inspection of the documents by detectives verified they were fraudulent.

Perdomo-Barrera was booked into the Calcasieu Parish Correctional Center and a hold has been placed on him by the U.S. Border Patrol for being in the country illegally.

He faces up to 5 ½ years in prison and a $5,500 fine if he is convicted.


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