The owner of a Salem, Ore. scrapbooking business has been accused of using fake documents to live under an assumed identity for more than 20 years and to doge two charges from the 1980s, including one in Washington state.
Tracy M. Humphreys, 46, was stopped while driving her car and arrested Oct. 27 after she gave a fake name to officers. After the arrest, she allegedly changed her story and her name, using the moniker Teresa Ortiz for which she had an Oregon identification card.
She was charged with identity theft and forgery.
Humphreys was fingerprinted and released, but police requested a broader search after her fingerprints didn’t match up with the name she had given. That’s when police found a match for Humphreys, who was sought on a 1988 parole violation after a larceny conviction and a 1989 theft charge from Walla Walla, Wash., in which she was suspected of stealing more than $5,000 from a restaurant.
Police say Humphreys had used the name Ortiz to open bank accounts, put her name on virtual records and obtain an Oregon identification card and California driver’s license. Under the assumed identity, Humphreys also married, had children and opened her scrapbooking store, SCRAP Happens, in southeast Salem.
Nothing was reported regarding a victim, or whether Humphreys made up the name.
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