Man avoids prison by faking illegal immigrant status
An American man who claimed to be an illegal immigrant from Mexico to avoid going to prison is now wanted by police after he returned to the United States and acknowledged his true identity to a judge.
The charges stem from a 2010 arrest when the Jaime Alvarado provided Salt Lake City police, a Utah state courts judge and federal immigration officials a false identity and confessed that he had emigrated from Mexico illegally. At the time, Alvarado was facing up to 15 years in prison for the possession of cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute.