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Iowa Bouncer Tells Police Fake ID Is—His Own
An Iowa City, IA, bouncer told police he recognized a patron's fake ID as his own driver's license.
IOWA CITY, IA—As police tell it, there seems to have been only one flaw in a 19-year-old's plan to use somebody else's identification to enter a local bar: The ID he submitted was the bouncer's own.
Iowa City Police gave this account of the incident:
Steven Fiorella, 19, of Iowa City bought an identification card, a debit card and an AAA card for $20 at a party, he later told police.
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Early Sunday morning, he tried to use the identification card to enter Union Bar in this community of over 67,000 people.
When the bouncer took a look at the ID, he recognized it as his own. His reaction at that moment appears not to have been revealed in various news reports of the incident.
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Steven Fiorella is charged with 5th degree theft and unlawful use of a driver's license. The Union staffer apparently had already reported the items stolen.
Editor's note: Information in this article originally was published by Iowa City Patch.
