I spoke with a PIO from the UGA PD and she said Tanner Strickland's case is part of a larger case they've been working on. They started investigating after getting a call from U.S. postal inspectors at the end of February concerning fake IDs being sent through the mail.
As of now, it doesn't sound as if he's been arrested, but he will be. She said with the warrant only being signed late Friday afternoon, it's not uncommon for an arrest to not have been made yet.
When he is booked, he'll be charged with misdemeanor possession of fake identification. There are several of the 13 students listed in the booking log with him in the same case who will face more severe charges.
http://www.police.uga.edu/dailylog/DailyLog.htm
Again, I'm not sure what kind of punishment his arrest will bring. It's a very minor crime, but an arrest is an arrest.
EDIT: Strickland is at practice today, but I doubt he'll be made available afterwards. Even if he is, I'm in Columbus and won't be back until Wednesday. I talked to Josh Kendall from our sister paper in Macon and he's on it. I'll report later what they tell him after practice.
Monday, March 26, 2007
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Acutally, it is a very major crime. Since Sept. 11 happened, fake identification crimes can be charged as felonies.
...but we aren't at LAX or JFK airport... Believe it or not, im sitting in my dorm room, within a 100 feet left right, above and below, of I would say 85-100 fake ID's.
Your last name isn't Calle or Spett is it? LoL
This is such bullshit - standard government leeches trying to make money off of people's desire. Let's fucking face it- if you are old enough to die for your country and vote, you are old enough to drink.
This is not something we need to be worried about. We need to be worried about our fascist government sticking its' nose where it doesn't belong- in our personal lives.
To hell with all of these stupid laws that not only don't stop underage use- they encourage it by making it more taboo.
My sister doesn't drink much because we always made alcohol completely available with no taboo-
that takes a lot of the fun out of getting drunk.
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