If you’re going to use fake identification to get into a bar, don’t leave it behind as evidence. That’s a lesson an 18-year-old Espanola girl has learned. The teen used an altered driver’s license to show a date of birth of 1990 instead of 1996. An employee noticed the change and refused to serve the teen. On the way out, the teen accidentally dropped her license which was later turned over to police. Police charged her with possession of an illegal license.
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Fake ID results in charge for teen

Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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