STOCKTON — A California man was arrested in New Mexico after using a former classmate’s identity to evade authorities for decades and claim government benefits.
Stephen Craig Campbell, 76, born in Stockton, is accused of taking the identity of Walter Lee Coffman, a University of Arkansas graduate who died in 1975 at 22 years old. Coffman, who was an engineering student, tragically died in a car accident just two months after graduating.
U.S. Marshals believe the connection between Campbell and Coffman is that they both attended the university at the same time…