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Michael Gross
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/03/18/Police-officer-charged-with-identity-theft/UPI-19081300477793/
MILWAUKEE, March 18 (UPI) -- A Milwaukee police officer who allegedly
bought a 7-year-old boy's Social Security number and used it to buy a
Mercedes was arrested this week.
Lymon Taylor, 33, was freed on $5,000 bond Wednesday, the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel reported. He was charged with felony identity theft,
which carries a potential sentence of six years in prison.
The Milwaukee Police Department suspended Taylor, spokeswoman Anne
Schwartz said.
Investigators said another man, Lee Ellis, told them he and Taylor
discovered a California company that said it could repair credit ratings
and charged a $2,500 fee. Both were given Social Security numbers and
told to use them with their own names and a different address.
Taylor was allegedly using a number assigned to a 7-year-old boy in
Racine, Wis. The boy's parents insisted on prosecution, police said.
The police officer allegedly used the new number to obtain a loan for
the purchase of a 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 with a Blue Book value of
around $48,000.
MILWAUKEE, March 18 (UPI) -- A Milwaukee police officer who allegedly
bought a 7-year-old boy's Social Security number and used it to buy a
Mercedes was arrested this week.
Lymon Taylor, 33, was freed on $5,000 bond Wednesday, the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel reported. He was charged with felony identity theft,
which carries a potential sentence of six years in prison.
The Milwaukee Police Department suspended Taylor, spokeswoman Anne
Schwartz said.
Investigators said another man, Lee Ellis, told them he and Taylor
discovered a California company that said it could repair credit ratings
and charged a $2,500 fee. Both were given Social Security numbers and
told to use them with their own names and a different address.
Taylor was allegedly using a number assigned to a 7-year-old boy in
Racine, Wis. The boy's parents insisted on prosecution, police said.
The police officer allegedly used the new number to obtain a loan for
the purchase of a 2007 Mercedes-Benz S550 with a Blue Book value of
around $48,000.