'Dead' Manassas man returns to life -- and to jail
May 27, 2010
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Rodney Newsome's life as a dead man lasted about seven months, until he got arrested again.
Newsome, of Manassas, had been looking at jail time because of nine prior convictions in state and federal court for various fraud and drug charges dating back to 1995.
After his apparent death, Fairfax police allege, Newsome somehow returned to illegal activity, including taking a stolen check from a Culpeper County check-cashing store, opening a bank account in Oakton and trying to withdraw funds from the account. That was Dec. 17, almost seven months after his alleged death. Newsome was arrested in February, and again charged with attempted fraud.
Source:
Washington Post; By Tom Jackman
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