Fake ID Arrests on the Rise: Iowa City Daily Links, April 10

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Jordyn Reiland of the Daily Iowan writes that arrests for fake IDs have increased in the last year. According to the article, apparently all these students needed to do to get away with it was memorize their fake zip codes.

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Daily Links Excerpt (of the Day)

Iowa City police Officers Alex Stricker and Alirio Arcenas scour the Pedestrian Mall near midnight, flashlights in hand in search of fake IDs.

When they suspect one, they don't hesitate to take action.

"When we get an ID, the first thing you look at is the picture, and sometimes the picture is just terrible," Stricker said during patrol on April 7. "If there is any question, you just start asking birth dates, addresses. A lot of times people will memorize birthdays and they'll memorize the address, but they'll get the Zip Code wrong."

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