SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A man from Mexico and his girlfriend from San Diego have been charged in federal court for allegedly using the girlfriend’s brother’s identity to commit different federal crimes in the United States.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, 20-year-old Luis Enrique Villegas Brownell, a Mexican citizen, and his girlfriend, 23-year-old Kassandra Sanchez, a U.S. citizen from San Diego, conspired to steal identification documents that belonged to her brother. Sanchez’s brother was identified as J.D.S. Villegas in court records.
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Authorities said Villegas went to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and gave them false information under penalty of perjury so that he could get a state ID card with J.D.S.’s name.
However, the state ID card was issued with Villegas’ photo and thumbprint…