Crime & Safety

Sister's Name-Dropping Leads to Family Trouble

A woman arrested after an accident chose a familiar name when police asked her to identify herself, only it wasn't her own.

This certainly might make the holiday season a little awkward.

A woman used her sister’s name during a traffic stop during which she received various citations Sept. 4, only to have her sister find out about it the next day.

According to the Greendale Police Department media summary, the sister reported the incident to police, who then arrested the woman who originally got into the accident for obstructing.


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