Man's woes linked to lost identification / Birth certificate helped imposter

From: Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph | Date: January 1, 1989| Author: Associated Press | Copyright information

DENVER - The mixups that followed when a man lost a birth certificate and another man found it and used it to apply for a passport and a Social Security card have cost the rightful owner of the name two jobs, he says.

Michael Edward Harris said he also lost an apartment after becoming trapped in a web of arrests, jailings and court appearances in the situation.

Garnett Alexander Brown, 22, who is suspected of dealing drugs, apparently obtained Harris' birth certificate and...

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