FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — Police said Michael Ryan, 22, of Palm Coast, turned himself in to the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office after he used his brother’s identity to obtain a replacement driver’s license because his own license was revoked.
In September, Ryan went to the tax collector’s office and claimed to be his brother, saying he’d lost his license. He gave his brother’s Social Security number to verify his identity.
Ryan had his picture taken for a replacement license in his brother’s name. However, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles Fraud Division confirmed that the man applying for the license was Ryan, not his brother, Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post on Saturday.
“This guy certainly won’t win the brother of the year award,” Flagler Sheriff Rick Staly said. “This is just a series of stupid decisions by Ryan to skirt the law.”
The sheriff’s office detectives obtained an arrest warrant on October 8 for Ryan for obtaining a driver’s license by fraud.
“First, he drives drunk. Big mistake,” Staly said. “Then he tries to get around the suspension of his license by posing as his brother, thinking he wouldn’t get caught.”
Ryan turned himself in on the warrant for obtaining a driver’s license by fraud. He is being held at the St. Johns County Jail on a $2,500 bond.
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