Traffic stop nabs deportee with 14 aliases (Herald Times)

Traffic stop nabs deportee with 14 aliases

Herald News Staff
Posted Mar 24, 2009 @ 08:31 PM
Last update Mar 24, 2009 @ 08:33 PM

Freetown — A late night traffic stop Monday led to the arrest of a man who police allege has at least 14 aliases and re-entered the United States after being deported.

Freetown Patrolman Ryan Pereira stopped a vehicle for defective equipment around 11 p.m. on Water Street, and the driver couldn’t produce a license, police said in a press release.
The name the driver gave Pereira didn’t match the Registry of Motor Vehicles photo the officer accessed on the laptop computer in his cruiser. Confronted with this, the driver gave a second name and was arrested on a charge of providing false information to police, according to the press release.

At the Freetown police station, police identified 14 aliases the man allegedly used. They subsequently transported the man to the state police barracks, where police performed a Automated Fingertip Indentification System scan of the man’s fingerprints.

The fingerprint scan results identified the man as Ludalino Aguiar Moniz, 33, whose last known address was 232 Whipple St., Fall River. Moniz has an extensive criminal history, including crimes of violence, and was wanted on a pair of warrants, one for a charge of breaking and entering and the other for a charge of larceny, according to police.

Police also learned that Moniz had been deported and re-entered the country. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a 48-hour detainer to keep Moniz in custody as the police investigation continues, the press release states.

In addition to the charge of giving police a false name, Moniz was also charged with driving with a suspended license.