OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) — An Ogden man has been arrested for allegedly possessing multiple social security numbers and financial transaction cards.
Court documents state that on Oct. 19 at approximately 4:30 p.m., dispatch was called to the scene of a retail theft at Walmart located at 1959 Wall Avenue, where Kirk Patrick Mata-Vaquera, 48, was detained by Walmart Theft Prevention for attempting to steal a beer from the store.
When dispatch arrived, officers asked Mata-Vaquera for his side of the story. According to court documents, Vaquera told law enforcement that he believed that if he was not able to pay for his items, he could take them, and it would be “fine.”
Vaquera was placed under arrest for retail theft.
Court documents report that when law enforcement was searching Vaquera and his backpack, they located a green purse with a wallet and driver’s license belonging to a woman, five separate social security cards for various people, and nine financial transactions cards where the name on the card matched the name on the driver’s license.
Vaquera told police that he found the purse at the Lantern House in Ogden and it was not his.
Court documents state that law enforcement found the woman to whom the license belonged. She had reported her wallet stolen from the same Walmart on Oct. 14. However, she stated that she did not want to press charges.
Mata-Vaquera, was arrested on the following charges: nine counts of unlawful possession of financial card (third-degree felony), one count of unlawful possession of another individual’s ID (third-degree felony), one count of theft (Class B misdemeanor), and one count of retail theft (Class B misdemeanor).