Teen Arrested for Posing as INS Officer (KPVI-ID)

Teen Arrested for Posing as INS Officer

Updated: Aug 26, 2009 07:42 PM

By Suzanne Hobbs

A sixteen year old Idaho Falls teen is in big trouble with the law after allegedly posing as an officer for the Immigration and Naturalization Service for holding a Hispanic teen against his will for four days.

According to the report, the teen faces multiple charges of kidnapping, grand theft by extortion and impersonating an officer.

The family of 19-year-old Juan Hernandez tells police that last week Juan was arrested by a young looking man claiming to be with I.N.S.

Juan was apparently being used to find other illegal immigrants, and was told if he didn't cooperate, he'd be deported. He later told police he was afraid that would happen and that's why he cooperated and never tried to escape.

By day four, his family felt something was wrong and contacted Idaho Falls Police who tracked down Juan and the teenager driving in Juan's car around town. The suspect confessed to the fraud and was taken to the 3-B Juvenile Detention Center.

He apparently has committed this crime before.