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KINGSTON – If you think your mug shot may be on a “most wanted” poster, you should probably stay away from the post office.
A Scranton man, wanted on forgery charges, was arrested after a Kingston postal worker recognized the customer’s picture on a “most wanted” poster hanging inside the post office.
Kingston police said Alfonso Rizzuto, 47, was in possession of an electronic stun gun and pepper spray when he was apprehended outside the Wyoming Avenue facility on March 31.
Rizzuto was wanted by Scranton police on theft, forgery and illegal use of a credit card.
He was charged by Kingston police with possession of an electronic incapacitation device, identity theft and providing false identification to law enforcement. He remained jailed Monday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $300,000 total bail.
According to the criminal complaint:
A postal worker recognized Rizzuto from a wanted poster in the post office that was provided by the Scranton Police Department. Kingston police said Rizzuto matched the description from the wanted poster when he was stopped outside.
Rizzuto, the criminal complaint says, identified himself using a New York driver’s license and claimed the man on the poster was his brother.
Police said they found a stun gun and two cans of pepper spray in his pocket, the criminal complaint says.
Rizzuto was transported to the Kingston Police Department, where a live scan fingerprint analysis revealed his true identity. Police said that after Rizzuto was identified, he admitted the person in the picture on the wanted poster was him and the driver’s license belonged to his brother.
Rizzuto was also wanted by the New York Parole and Probation Department, police said.
According to the Queens, N.Y., District Attorney’s Office, Rizzuto was indicted in November 1998 for allegedly operating a prostitution ring while jailed at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, N.Y., and at the Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, N.Y.
He was released on parole in March 2007 from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining, N.Y., according to the New York Department of Correctional Services Web site.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Thursday in Central Court.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/42569307.html
A Scranton man, wanted on forgery charges, was arrested after a Kingston postal worker recognized the customer’s picture on a “most wanted” poster hanging inside the post office.
Kingston police said Alfonso Rizzuto, 47, was in possession of an electronic stun gun and pepper spray when he was apprehended outside the Wyoming Avenue facility on March 31.
Rizzuto was wanted by Scranton police on theft, forgery and illegal use of a credit card.
He was charged by Kingston police with possession of an electronic incapacitation device, identity theft and providing false identification to law enforcement. He remained jailed Monday at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $300,000 total bail.
According to the criminal complaint:
A postal worker recognized Rizzuto from a wanted poster in the post office that was provided by the Scranton Police Department. Kingston police said Rizzuto matched the description from the wanted poster when he was stopped outside.
Rizzuto, the criminal complaint says, identified himself using a New York driver’s license and claimed the man on the poster was his brother.
Police said they found a stun gun and two cans of pepper spray in his pocket, the criminal complaint says.
Rizzuto was transported to the Kingston Police Department, where a live scan fingerprint analysis revealed his true identity. Police said that after Rizzuto was identified, he admitted the person in the picture on the wanted poster was him and the driver’s license belonged to his brother.
Rizzuto was also wanted by the New York Parole and Probation Department, police said.
According to the Queens, N.Y., District Attorney’s Office, Rizzuto was indicted in November 1998 for allegedly operating a prostitution ring while jailed at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in Fallsburg, N.Y., and at the Attica Correctional Facility, Attica, N.Y.
He was released on parole in March 2007 from the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, Ossining, N.Y., according to the New York Department of Correctional Services Web site.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled on Thursday in Central Court.
http://www.timesleader.com/news/42569307.html