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Seat belt check leads to criminal charges for driver of tractor-trailer

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Seat belt check leads to criminal charges for driver of tractor-trailer
Omar Muhammad, 48, of Indianapolis, was arrested following a traffic stop and is charged with identity deception, forgery, obstruction of justice and possessing a counterfeit government-issued identification.

PERU, Ind. — Following a traffic stop earlier this week, an Indiana man has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, according to the Indiana State Police (ISP).

At about 5:54 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, ISP Lt. T.J. Zeiser stopped a 2010 Volvo tractor, which was pulling an enclosed trailer, on U.S. 31 near Miami County Road 200 North near Peru. The driver, later identified as Omar Muhammad, 48, of Indianapolis, was reportedly not wearing a seat belt.

During the traffic stop, Muhammad allegedly provided a driver’s license identifying him as someone else. Further investigation revealed that the person identified on the license was wanted on a criminal arrest warrant from Texas. This prompted Muhammad to provide his true identity, along with the information that he was allegedly driving without a valid commercial driver’s license (CDL).

Muhammad was arrested and booked into the Miami County Jail to face criminal charges for synthetic identity deception, forgery, obstruction of justice and having a counterfeit government-issued identification.

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4 Comments

He should have let them extradite him to Texas and then reveal his true identity. He wouldn’t have been charged with anything in Indiana unless Texas authorities ratted him out. He would just have to get back to The Hoosier State and see if’n he still has his job.

Reading the last reply goes to show you how stupid some drivers really are.If you have to take drugs break laws. We don’t need drivers like that out here.They need to go and shut the company down he was driving for.Now you know why we have so many regulations against us.

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