Jupiter police nab girl accused of utilizing pretend IDs, stolen Treasury checks

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — A Jupiter investigation led to arrest after police say a 62-year-old girl had pretend IDs and stolen checks and admitted utilizing them to fund her life-style.

According to the possible trigger affidavit, officers with the Jupiter Police Department first encountered 62-year-old Kristina Hope Berggren of West Palm Beach on Monday throughout a scene investigation the place she was sitting on a curb on the 6700 block of W. Indiantown Road.

During the search, police allegedly found a number of fraudulent paperwork, together with driver’s licenses from New Jersey, Washington, and New York, all bearing Berggren’s {photograph} however with completely different names.

Investigators reported discovering extra proof contained in the car, together with debit playing cards and a number of checks, a few of which had been issued by the Department of Treasury, that didn’t belong to the occupants. Police famous that the checks appeared to correspond with the names discovered on the pretend identification playing cards.

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“I had significant concerns that the checks were fraudulently obtained, not intended for the people in the car who had access to them, and not obtained legally,” the investigating officer wrote within the report.

Authorities say Berggren admitted to utilizing the fraudulent licenses to lease lodge rooms, autos, and money checks, continuously utilizing the playing cards as secondary types of identification.

In addition to the fraud-related prices, Berggren was discovered to have a small quantity of marijuana in her possession and an energetic out-of-county warrant from St. Lucie County.

Berggren faces a number of counts, together with fraudulent use of private identification, possession of marijuana, and her out-of-county warrant.