Couple busted with dozens of fake ID's and checks

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Highway Interdiction Unit caught a silver Chevy Malibu driven by Dright William pass right by another deputy as he was conducting a traffic stop.

Florida law requires drivers to safely move to the next lane if a law enforcement officer's lights are activated during a roadside traffic stop.

Deputies pulled over William and Jacqueline James at mile marker 143 on I-75 and asked to search the vehicle due to their suspicious behavior.

A free air sniff by a canine partner alerted deputies to the car.

During a search, they found sixteen fake Florida driver licenses, sixty-eight fraudulent checks matching the fake ID's, and several hundred dollars worth of property.

Dright William, of Miami, is facing one count of possession of ten or more fraudulent checks, twelve counts of counterfeiting a fraudulent instrument with intent to defraud, and one count of possessing a fake ID.

The Sheriff's Office said the fake driver licenses were the best counterfeits they ever seized. They had to run them through the department’s database. Only when the image in the database did not match the face on the fake ID’s where they able to confirm it was indeed a fake not issued by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.

The couple when questioned admitted buying the fake ids online from i-d-u.net located in Dubai. The Sheriff's Office said there is little that can be done because it is out of the jurisdiction of law enforcement.

Jacqueline James, of Tampa, is facing one count of being in possession of ten or more fraudulent checks, fifty-six counts of counterfeiting a fraudulent instrument with intent to defraud, and fifteen counts of possessing a fake ID.

Gordan Haggerd