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Army Pfc. Bradley Manning wears handcuffs as he is escorted into a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2013, before a sentencing hearing in his court martial. Manning was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison for giving hundreds of thousands of secret military and diplomatic documents to WikiLeaks. (AP Photo\/Patrick Semansky) <\/p>\n
Santa Clara police earlier this month busted an identity theft ring with ties to San Jose, police said Friday. <\/p>\n
On Feb. 6, Santa Clara Police Department Special Enforcement Team Detectives served a search warrant at a residence in the 2600 block of Monterey Road in San Jose as part of an investigation into an identity theft ring. <\/p>\n
Detectives located piles of stolen mail, checks, fake identification cards, a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia, according to police. <\/p>\n
They also discovered printers, card readers and scanning devices used to fraudulently manufacture identification cards and a stolen vehicle, police said. <\/p>\n
Three suspects, two men and a woman, were arrested in connection with the investigation. <\/p>\n
One of the men had two counts of court probation, while the other had an active federal warrant outstanding for his arrest, according to police. <\/p>\n
The woman was associated with the stolen vehicle. Additionally, her photograph was allegedly on several of the fraudulent identification cards, police said. <\/p>\n
Police determined at least 12 Santa Clara residents were victims of the identity theft ring. <\/p>\n
The identity of the suspects was not released. <\/p>\n
Published at 1:29 PM PST on Feb 25, 2017 | Updated at 1:42 PM PST on Feb 25, 2017 <\/p>\n
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