Mario Miramontes was stopped on a traffic violation in Dallas. He knew there was a warrant out for his arrest on a parole violation, so he told the officer his name was Christopher Ayala. Christopher was his cousin.
Oops! Christopher did have an outstanding warrant for fondling a child. So Mario spent 13 months in county jail before they got the identity thing straightened out. Had he told the truth to begin with, prosecutors say he would have spent less than 60 days in jail. He's now suing the county because they believed him when he told them he was Christopher Ayala. The sad part is, he'll probably get some sort of settlement.
Moral of the story: If you plan on using an alias, you just might want to run a background check on it first.
"Alias leads to jail cell; man sues." The Dallas Morning News; January 8, 2011; p. 1B.
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That is too funny!
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