Florida man is charged with criminal conspiracy, false ID
A Florida man has been charged with criminal conspiracy after he flew to Jim Thorpe to pick up a package that didn’t belong to him and bring it back to his home state in exchange for cash.
According to the affidavit of probable cause filed by officer Ryan Poeldnurk of the Jim Thorpe Police Department in the case against Jorice Williams:
At 1:30 p.m. Jan. 28, Poeldnurk met with the Jim Thorpe postmaster who said a package had been retrieved from one of the postal carriers on their route.
The package was put in an outbox after it was sent to a residence, but the recipient didn’t live at that address.
The homeowner said that they were approached by Williams, 24, outside of their home who stated that the package was sent there by mistake and that he needed to pick it up. Both the homeowner and the postmaster found it to be suspicious.
At the post office, Poeldnurk talked to a man who said he was there to pick up the package but could not provide the clerk with any identification because he had lost it.
He told police his name was Jasmine Capers, with a birth date of Nov. 15, 1991.
After a record check, it was revealed that he provided Poeldnurk with a false name. He was identified as Williams with his Florida ID.
He was taken into custody and told police he was offered $400 to $500 by his friend identified as “Mike” in Tampa, Florida, to fly to Jim Thorpe to pick up the package and go back to Tampa with the contents.
The package contained an unemployment card registered to a Jasmine Capers.
Williams faces charges of identity theft, criminal conspiracy; and false identification to law enforcement officer.
He is currently incarcerated in the Carbon County Correctional Facility in lieu of $250,000 monetary bail, and scheduled to have a preliminary hearing Feb. 10 before District Judge Eric M. Schrantz of Jim Thorpe.