A man in Orange County is behind bars after trying to assume his brother’s identity to evade detection, only to find his brother also had an arrest warrant, police said Sunday.
The unidentified suspect attempted to trick officers during a field detention, the Irvine Police Department stated in a post on its Facebook page.
It was unclear what prompted the detention, but police said the suspect’s attempt to deceive officers quickly went south.
“The owner of this sullied spoon assumed his brother’s identity during a field detention,” read a portion of the post, which also shared an image of drug paraphernalia found during the stop. “To his dismay, his brother had an active arrest warrant!”…