Online Journal today:
MUSCATINE, Iowa — Merlin Chun, 31, was arrested for felony identity theft on April 22 for allegedly using a fake ID to gain work through a temporary employment agency.
According to court records, Chun, 1009 E. Seventh St., Muscatine, originally of Guatemala, was using the name Anthony Borrero Gutierrez. He reportedly told authorities that he paid $1,000 for a Social Security card with that name because he did not have a Social Security card of his own.
Chun was charged with identity theft, a class D felony punishable by up to five years in prison and up to $7,500 in fines. He was also charged with false application for an Iowa ID, a serious misdemeanor.
Chun is being held in the Muscatine County Jail on $5,000 bond.
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Gee...I wonder how he got into this country?



