Maybe Jose Vega thought he was fooling the police.One ID (Vega) is an able-bodied non-felon. Another ID (Negron) is a disabled felon.
Confronted Tuesday morning, police said Vega identified himself as "Jose Negron."
Unfortunately for Vega, Negron has a lengthy list of arrest warrants out of Essex District Court stemming from several felonious drug-related arrests in Lynn in 2008, according to police.
When he finally gave his real name, he allegedly admitted to police he was using Negron's identity so he could work while collecting disability benefits.
Evidently (and unsurprisingly) the disability rolls and arrest warrants databases aren't linked and there is a way to exploit both ID's. The trick is using the compromised ID only with people in the handing-out-money business, and your real ID with those in the hauling-people-off-to-jail line.
Eventually biometrics helped police determine that Jose was telling the truth when he (Vega) confessed to being a fraudster rather than the wanted felon (Negron), so he's got that going for him.
