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| MAN PULLED OVER HAS HUMAN SMUGGLING PAST |
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WENGNews writes, "A PUNTA GORDA POLICE OFFICER ON PATROL MONDAY PULLED OVER A VAN THAT HAD PART OF ITS LICENSE PLATE COVERED, AND SHE FOUND MORE THAN SHE BARGAINED FOR. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE REPORT, THE DRIVER, 30 YEAR OLD OSVALDO DESCHAMPS OF JACKSONVILLE, HAD SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS ITEMS INSIDE THE VAN, INCLUDING A 100 GALLON GAS TANK WHERE THE SEATS HAD BEEN AT ONE TIME. PAPERWORK IN THE GLOVE BOX SHOWED THAT THE TANK WAS NOT APPROVED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR FLAMMABLE FUELS, AND THERE WAS ABOUT EIGHT GALLONS OF GAS IN IT. DESCHAMPS WOULD NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TANK, AND A DRUG SNIFFING DOG FOUND THAT DRUGS WERE THERE RECENTLY. DESCHAMPS WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH UNLAWFUL CONVEYANCE OF FUEL, TRAFFICKING IN COUNTERFEIT CREDIT CARDS, AND UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A DRIVER’S LICENSE, AS POLICE ALSO FOUND A LICENSE AND TEN CREDIT CARDS IN THE NAME OF EDEL BOSSANO. DESCHAMPS MADE $45,000 BOND AND WAS RELEASED, BUT POLICE ARE WORKING WITH THE US BORDER PATROL ON THE INVESTIGATION, AND MORE CHARGES MAY BE FILED ONCE THEY ARE FINISHED. "
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Posted on Apr 02, 2008 08:56am.
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