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11 caught, three sought in Bergen bogus driver’s license roundup

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Using cutting-edge “facial scrub” software, investigators have arrested 11 people yesterday and today and charged them with obtaining phony driver’s licenses while on the suspended list, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced this afternoon.

Photo Credit: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
Photo Credit: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

Working with the state Motor Vehicle Commission, detectives from Molinelli’s White Collar Crimes Squad investigated 27 cases referred this year from state officials, leading to the charges.

Eleven of those charged were arrested yesterday and today. They were being held on $25,000 bail each pending court hearings. Several are fugitives from justice, most for outstanding warrants.

Three others were at large and being sought by police:

Terrell Cooley (above, left), 25, AKA Nicholas Naquan, Last Known Address: 210 Teaneck Rd, Teaneck
Carmine Piemontese (above, middle), 39, AKA Jose Classen, Last Known Address: 190 Hamburg Tpke, Pompton Lakes
Jayvon Hannibal (above right), 31 (AKA Jayvon Sams, Larry Hannibal), Last Known Address: 316 Hamilton Ave., Paterson

Fugitive warrants have been issued for all three.

Those arrested yesterday and today include 37-year-old Oliver Heredia-Cid (AKA Jesus Carrasquillo) of Creskill, Kevin Nolte (AKA Kevin Noltey), 43, of Highland Lakes, Noble Milton, (AKA Bryan Milton), 42, of Newark, who Molinelli said are “peristent violators.”

OTHERS ARRESTED:

Kamil Asan, 41, AKA Jesus Acevedo, Wayne
Lizzette Garcia, 40, AKA Clarissa Cruz, Paterson
Carlos Lopez III, 39, AKA Joel Filomena, Newark
Michael Mays, 56, AKA Herbert Mays, Englewood
Jonny Lazarte-Salinas, 48, AKA Gregorio Velez-Rodriguez, Garfield
Bradley Kearney, Jr., 44, AKA Gerard Booker, Passaic
Elliott Rojas, 48, AKA Jose Vazquez, Passaic (“persistent violator”)
Victor Hernandez, Jr., 52, AKA Carlo Perez, Passaic

All are charged with using the personal identification of another or some variation.

In addition, the defendants will be subject to an administrative suspension of driving privileges up to two years, Molinelli said.

The state Motor Vehicle Commission and Division of Criminal Justice unveiled the new anti-fraud initiative, which uses cutting-edge facial scrub software to determine whether the same individual was maintaining more than one record in the motor vehicle database.

Molinelli noted that the MVC database has roughly 19 million images — which immediately produced more than 950,000 leads statewide.

After three levels of review to identify suspected criminal fraud, representatives from the Division of Criminal Justice meet weekly to review cases of suspected criminal fraud.  These cases are prepared for investigation, arrest and prosecution by law enforcement including the Division of Criminal Justice, New Jersey State Police and all 21 county prosecutors’ offices, he said.

MUGSHOTS: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE

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