I know a guy who gave a false birthdate and social security number when he got arrested and fingerprinted. He got away with it. ....or at least he thinks he did for now. Does anyone know of a Federal law that covers this? Assuming the fingerprints were put into the FBI database, I would think there has to be some federal statute prohibitting it. ....or a state law in Arkansas. This guy is trouble and needs to be in jail. Any advice? Thanks.
2007-11-18 12:11:16 · 7 answers · asked by JD 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
By the way. The reason he got arrested in the first place was for ASSAULTING A 7 YEAR OLD CHILD. He purposly tried to hit the child with his pickup truck. He was put on probation for it and never spent any time in jail. This guy is crazy. He threatens everyone around him with violence and does methamphetamines too.
2007-11-18 12:14:39 · update #1
1. Hindering apprehension or prosecution
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-105
2. Volunteering false information to the police
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-105 (a) (6)
2007-11-18 12:21:15 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
giving false info to the police is a crime by itself even if u are stopped and give them a false name let alone on a fingerprint card, and what u describe is very against the law. my advice would be to try and talk to an officer and let them know so they can haul him in and get it right , he could get away with any number of crimes doing this and not pay the consequences as a lot of criminals are caught during a common traffic stop and if they dont have the right name to go with a fingerprint card the warrents would be in the wrong name as they dont take prints during a traffic stop, and i would imagine that those prints did go into a federal data base and what if this guy wants to but a gun legally he could do so as the name wouldnt be right, and most states dont do fingerprints for a general gun permit, unless the person is asking for a concealed weapons license, see how wrong this can go in a big hurry so i guess if it was me and my conscience id do something about it as i believe all cops would do this off the record so they could get this guy
2007-11-18 20:25:55 · answer #2 · answered by Dale T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the info he gave belongs to someone else, it's Identity Theft. If not, it doesn't matter, because the next time he gets arrested and uses something different, they will just add the new things he uses on as Aliases. It will all get kept in a file linked by his fingerprints.
2007-11-18 20:16:05 · answer #3 · answered by Citicop 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lying to a police officer is a felony in most states. how do you know that he provided false info? you should turn him in if you feel its the right thing to do
2007-11-18 20:20:54 · answer #4 · answered by Ken C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could fall under "obstruction of justice" statutes.
2007-11-18 20:22:09 · answer #5 · answered by jon & Corrie A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know of a federal law, but here it would be FALSE PERSONATION.
2007-11-18 22:41:35 · answer #6 · answered by Spoken Majority 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Though I can't be specific it would probably be located under identity fraud. Or falsifying information.
2007-11-18 20:14:44 · answer #7 · answered by Teral 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋