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Man Promotes Fake IDs On His Car, Police Make Arrest

MCMINNVILLE, Tenn. - Thanks to one man's illegal self promotion, THP was able to arrest him for making and selling illegal identification cards.

Monday a Warren County man was charged with manufacturing illegal identification cards. THP noticed the man's Ford Escort covered in promotions for IDs, Record Services, Inc., - Ready In 10 Minutes, and were able to stop the vehicle for a registration violation.

According to THP, Trooper Gary Myers spotted the Ford Escort traveling east bound on Sparta Street around 9 a.m. Monday. The trooper noticed the extremely visible advertising for identification cards in 10 minutes.

Myers also noticed that the Escort did not have a commercial license plate, H-1 tag, which is required for vehicles used in a commercial enterprise, according to THP.

Myers said that upon stopping the driver he noticed a portable computer in the front seat and a card printer in the rear seat. After obtaining consent to search the vehicle, Myers recovered several fake Tennessee and Florida IDs.

The trooper took the driver, Louis Correa, into custody and booked him in the Warren County Jail on the charges of manufacturing government documents, suspended drivers license, possession of more than one drivers license and registration law.

After Correa admitted in a statement to THP that he made and sold at least 300 fake IDs, agents in the THP Criminal Investigation Division said they were going to conduct an on-going investigation and look into pressing possible federal violation.

According to a THP press release, the IDs "were very close to authentic and might easily fool a financial or business operation."