Man faces deportation over false ID

Posted Oct 17, 2009 @ 09:41 PM


GALESBURG — A Monmouth man is facing deportation after he attempted to use another man’s identity to obtain an Illinois identification card.

An employee of the Secretary of State, 1066 E. Losey St., told police at about 5 p.m. Friday, a man produced a Puerto Rican birth certificate and Social Security card in the name Johnell Rodriguez.
The employee found there was another Johnell Rodriguez already registered with the same birth date and Social Security number. That man’s photo did not match the subject in the lobby.

The man told police he entered the U.S. through “the place.â€