The Importance of Having the Proper Identification -- Take One
Excerpted from "The Oregonian" (Portland, Oregon), 10 Apr 97:
Police cited William Angus Barter for forgery early last month and
then let him go. When his girlfriend -- who was jailed at the same
time on another charge -- was released, she was issued a check for
the $4.10 in cash she had in her possession when she was booked.
Police said Barter altered the check, issued on the Washington
County Sheriff's Office, Jail Division, Inmate Trust Account, so it
was payable to him for $1,145.23.
When he tried to cash it at a Beaverton US Bank, an alert teller was
leary. Police said Barter got nervous when she left her window to
verify the check, and he bolted from the bank, leaving behind his
photo ID.
Since then, Barter has left his IDs in banks all over. In the last
few weeks, Barter has gotten 11 duplicate Driver and Motor Vehicles
photo IDs -- all in his own name. Seems that tellers throughout the
area keep snatching up the IDs when he tries to cash the suspicious
checks.
"US Bank called and said that he's driving them crazy" says
Detective Chuck Warren, the Beaverton Police Department's fraud
expert.
Warren is trying to get the DMV to quit issuing Barter new IDs.
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