Crime & Safety

Croydon Man Bought ID of Man in Puerto Rico, Police Say

Bensalem Police said a Croydon man could not be located for more than two years after he was arrested on drug charges in 2011.

A Croydon man is facing two felony forgery charges stemming from allegedly passing off the identification of another man as his own.

Alejandro Maldonado Martinez, 27, of the 1900 block of Bristol Pike, was arrested and charged with forgery for allegedly using victims’ Social Security cards and birth certificates to create a Pennsylvania driver's license and allegedly signing the license with the victims' signature.

Maldonado Martinez was also charged with two counts of identity theft and one count of false identification to law enforcement, all misdemeanor offenses. 

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On June 11, 2011, officers responded to Bucks Meadows apartments for a fight, according to court records. During the investigation, a man was taken into custody for alleged narcotics possession. At the time of his arrest, police said the man provided another man’s name and showed a Pennsylvania license with that name. He was booked, charged and fingerprinted for narcotics under the victim’s name, according to court documents. 

The man was released pending a summons, but when he could not be found, a bench warrant was issued, according to court records. 

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On Sept. 5, 2013, the victim filed a police report that his identity had been stolen.

On Oct. 21, Maldonado Martinez was pulled over for a traffic stop in Bensalem, according to court records. 

At the stop, police said he furnished a Pennsylvania driver’s license for a man who lives in Puerto Rico. Maldonado Martinez allegedly purchased the birth certificate and Social Security card from the man in Puerto Rico after he was arrested for narcotics on June 11, 2011, according to court records. 

Maldonado Martinez is being held in Bucks County Correctional Facility in lieu of 10 percent of $125,000 bail. He awaits a preliminary hearing in December. 


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