Canesluver
07-12-2003, 07:32 AM
What a wierdo!!
Suspect arrested for impersonating NHL players
By DERRICK GOOLD
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When police finally caught the man they suspect of masquerading as Blues winger Keith Tkachuk, he was carrying a Louisiana drivers license that said he was Brian Leetch, a defenseman for the New York Rangers last season. He also was the passenger in a car driven by a girlfriend who didn't know his full name.
Elander Mark Lachney, of Denham Springs, La., was arrested Tuesday in Pineville, La., on three counts of identity theft and one count of bank fraud, all felonies. All three counts of identity theft involved establishing credit card accounts in Tkachuk's name. Lachney is being held in Rapides Parish, La., without bail because of a violation of probation related to a previous felony conviction. Maryland, Texas, Arkansas and other areas in Louisiana also have interest in questioning Lachney, and extradition is being considered by two states, police said.
Lachney's arrest is the culmination of a far-reaching investigation into the theft of three hockey players' identities that involved the combined efforts of the National Hockey League, the FBI, the Secret Service, the Blues' director of security and law enforcement in four states.
Police said Lachney had three Louisiana drivers licenses made out with his picture and the names of three pro hockey players - Tkachuk, Leetch and Jeremy Roenick, a center with the Philadelphia Flyers. He also had applied for three credit cards in Tkachuk's name, receiving and using one, police said.
Go here, for the entire article:
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/hockey/nhl/san_jose_sharks/6285175.htm
Suspect arrested for impersonating NHL players
By DERRICK GOOLD
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When police finally caught the man they suspect of masquerading as Blues winger Keith Tkachuk, he was carrying a Louisiana drivers license that said he was Brian Leetch, a defenseman for the New York Rangers last season. He also was the passenger in a car driven by a girlfriend who didn't know his full name.
Elander Mark Lachney, of Denham Springs, La., was arrested Tuesday in Pineville, La., on three counts of identity theft and one count of bank fraud, all felonies. All three counts of identity theft involved establishing credit card accounts in Tkachuk's name. Lachney is being held in Rapides Parish, La., without bail because of a violation of probation related to a previous felony conviction. Maryland, Texas, Arkansas and other areas in Louisiana also have interest in questioning Lachney, and extradition is being considered by two states, police said.
Lachney's arrest is the culmination of a far-reaching investigation into the theft of three hockey players' identities that involved the combined efforts of the National Hockey League, the FBI, the Secret Service, the Blues' director of security and law enforcement in four states.
Police said Lachney had three Louisiana drivers licenses made out with his picture and the names of three pro hockey players - Tkachuk, Leetch and Jeremy Roenick, a center with the Philadelphia Flyers. He also had applied for three credit cards in Tkachuk's name, receiving and using one, police said.
Go here, for the entire article:
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/hockey/nhl/san_jose_sharks/6285175.htm