Wilmer Roberto Fuentes-Lopez, 26, of Willmar, pleaded guilty Tuesday to a felony for aggravated forgery and a misdemeanor charge of identity theft.
As part of a plea agreement, four additional felony charges and a misdemeanor for identity theft will be dismissed. Fuentes-Lopez is also known as Angel Luis Baez Valazquez and Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig.
The charges were filed after Willmar police found a payroll check during a Jan. 18 inventory search of a vehicle. The check, from G & S Staffing, was not for the driver or passengers of the vehicle when it was searched. Further investigation found two driver's licenses to the payee of the check, Angel Luis Baez Valazquez. Police used the license photos to identify a person who was arrested in April 2007 by the federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as Pablo Raul Lugo Larroig.
Police also discovered that the man's real name was Wilmer Roberto Fuentes-Lopez, that he was a Honduran national and that he used both identities to gain employment. Officers received signed employment documents from G & S and Jennie-O Turkey Store in each of the false names.
His sentencing has been sent for May 27.
