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July 27, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Elkins Resident Sentenced for
Producing False Identification Card

ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA —A 25 year old Elkins, West Virginia, resident was sentenced on July 22, 2009, in United States District Court in Elkins by Judge Robert E. Maxwell.

United States Attorney Sharon L. Potter announced that JOSE JUAN LOPEZ-TABARES was sentenced to five months probation after entering a plea of guilty to an Information charging him with producing a false social security card, on January 11, 2008, in Randolph County.

LOPEZ-TABARES was returned to the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Stephen D. Warner. The case was investigated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.