LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada DMV’s Compliance Enforcement Division arrested an accused counterfeiter last week who was allegedly selling fake temporary license plates.
Officers with Nevada DMV’s Compliance Enforcement Division, backed up by North Las Vegas police, moved in to arrest the suspect in a North Las Vegas strip mall parking lot. The arrest was done simultaneously as North Las Vegas’s SWAT team executed a search at a home where the accused counterfeiter lived. Officers found a gun the former felon was not allowed to have.
“We’re seeing more serious crimes kind of all over town being enabled by the fact that the vehicle being used is not identifiable,” said J.D. Decker, chief of Nevada DMV’s Compliance Enforcement Division.
Craigslist ad led to arrest
A member of the public saw the Craigslist ad and reported it to the division. Officers did three buys from the suspect before making the arrest to build the case…