The woman was arrested after police found a crack pipe in her vehicle.
A woman arrested for possession of crack cocaine pleaded guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud after police found multiple stolen identification cards in her car.
Danielle Tooley, 37, of Batavia, New York, was questioned by police officers during a traffic stop.
After finding drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, police arrested Tooley and found evidence of the identity fraud in the same car.
"The scheme came to the attention of law enforcement on Nov. 24, 2020, when Tooley was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance during a vehicle traffic stop on Clinton Street in Bergen, New York," the Department of Justice stated in a report.
The report continued, "A New York State Police trooper observed a crack pipe with white residue inside Tooley’s vehicle. Tooley admitted at the time that she had crack cocaine in the center console of the vehicle."
Police recovered six unemployment benefit cards, none of which were issued to Tooley. The cards came to the officials' attention just before the vehicle was towed.
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A woman arrested for possession of crack cocaine pleaded guilty to COVID-19 relief fraud after police found multiple stolen identification cards in her car.
Danielle Tooley, 37, of Batavia, New York, was questioned by police officers during a traffic stop.
After finding drug paraphernalia in the vehicle, police arrested Tooley and found evidence of the identity fraud in the same car.
"The scheme came to the attention of law enforcement on Nov. 24, 2020, when Tooley was arrested for criminal possession of a controlled substance during a vehicle traffic stop on Clinton Street in Bergen, New York," the Department of Justice stated in a report.
The report continued, "A New York State Police trooper observed a crack pipe with white residue inside Tooley’s vehicle. Tooley admitted at the time that she had crack cocaine in the center console of the vehicle."
Police recovered six unemployment benefit cards, none of which were issued to Tooley. The cards came to the officials' attention just before the vehicle was towed.
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