Badges - Re: Popular Alaska Cop extradited
- From: Charles Rahn <c.t.rahn@xxxxxxxx>
- To: Badges 1Badge <badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:20:09 -0400
Who is Henry Higgins?CR
> From: cd2u@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: badges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Badges - Re: Popular Alaska Cop extradited
> Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:47:10 -0700
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> STANDBY... you just watch Henry Higgins, you just watch. This guy is going
> to be put up as the poster child for letting illegal aliens in under such
> things as 'amnesty' for those who have been living and working illegally in
> the US, who have not violated (at least caught) for any other crimes.
>
> CD
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> ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For years, the man known as Rafael Espinoza was widely
> respected as an exemplary police officer who was popular among his peers in
> Alaska's largest city.All that ended this week when authorities discovered
> he was really Mexican national Rafael Mora-Lopez, who was in the U.S.
> illegally and stole another man's identity, officials charged."His
> reputation here is one of a hard-working officer, one who was very
> professional," Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said Friday at a news
> conference announcing Mora-Lopez's arrest. "The problem, obviously, is he is
> not Rafael Espinoza."Soon after the announcement, Mora-Lopez appeared in
> U.S. District Court in Anchorage and pleaded not guilty to a charge of
> passport fraud, which carries a maximum 10-year sentence. At his
> arraignment, Mora-Lopez told a federal magistrate he is 47, even though
> officials listed his age as 51.His attorney, Alan Dayan, declined to comment
> to The Associated Press.Federal agents processing a rene
> wal request for his passport discovered the alleged fraud. He was arrested
> Thursday after authorities searched his home and found documents confirming
> his true identity, officials said.Mora-Lopez had been employed as an
> Anchorage police officer since 2005 under the assumed name. Police and
> federal prosecutors said he doesn't have a criminal record."We have no
> evidence that this individual had at the time been anything other than a
> good police officer," Karen Loeffler, U.S. Attorney in Alaska said.The real
> Rafael Espinoza is a U.S. citizen who lives outside Alaska.Officials said
> it's too soon to gauge implications of the case, such as any fallout over
> Mora-Lopez's court testimony in past criminal trials. Authorities released
> limited details, saying the case was still unfolding.Mew said the department
> conducted a pre-employment criminal background check on Mora-Lopez and he
> also passed a polygraph test. A national fingerprint check also turned up
> empty.There are no immediate p
> lans to file state charges, said John Skidmore, a state attorney. He and
> other officials stressed that the case was still under investigation.The
> arrest was a "bitter pill to swallow" for many in the police department, Mew
> said."At this time, we have no reason to believe, from what we know so far,
> that this gentleman or this officer's good work for APD has in any way been
> compromised or questioned," Skidmore said.U.S. Magistrate John D. Roberts
> set bond at $50,000, and ordered Mora-Lopez to home-confinement and
> electronic monitoring. His defense attorney told the magistrate that
> Mora-Lopez has a wife and child in Alaska and has close ties to Anchorage,
> where he has lived since the late 1980s."He's not going anywhere," Dayan
> said.The wife could not be reached by phone for comment Friday.The passport
> fraud case is similar to one involving a Mexican national who took the
> identity of a dead cousin who was a U.S. citizen in order to become a
> Milwaukee police officer. Oscar Ayala-
> Cornejo was deported to Mexico in 2007.
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