Traffic Stop Nets More Than 2,700 Pirated Movies (WXII - Winston-Salem, NC)

Traffic Stop Nets More Than 2,700 Pirated Movies
Man Charged With Possession Of Counterfeit Recordings

POSTED: 2:08 pm EDT August 24, 2009

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. -- More than 2,700 pirated DVD movies were discovered in a car that had been stopped Sunday for speeding, Alamance County Sheriff's Department spokesman Maj. Randy Jones said.

Jones said the car had been observed traveling 74 mph in a 55 mph zone along Highway 87 south. During the stop, the deputy noticed a large number of DVDs inside the vehicle.

The deputy was able to determine that the passenger, Fredi Santana Ubaldo, 26, of Siler City, owned the movies.

Ubaldo was charged with possession of counterfeit audio recordings and delaying a government official by giving a false name.

He was being held on a $5,000 bond. Jones said he was also being processed under the 287g immigration program, which allows law enforcement to hold illegal immigrants arrested in their jurisdictions for deportation proceedings after their cases are adjudicated.

Jones said the case was being passed to federal and state authorities for follow-up concerning the counterfeiting of products.