Court Rules False Social Security Number Not Criminal Impersonation:  In a divided opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court has ruled that the use of a stolen Social Security number on a loan application does not constitute presenting a false identity.  A Fox News story reports that Felix Montes Rodriguez used the stolen social security number to apply for a car loan.  The Court held that because Rodriguez (whose legal status is unknown) presented his home address, birth date and place of employment, use of the false SSI number did not rise to false identification.  

DNA Snags Suspect in 91 Murder:   A man suspected of the rape and murder of a 44 year-old mother 19 years ago was arrested last week in Columbus, Ohio.  Theodore Decker of the Columbus Dispatch reports that Richard Fugate was arrested last week for the 1991 murder after police matched a crime scene sample with Fugate's DNA taken shortly after the killing and another sample taken earlier this year.  Fugate had always been a suspect but forensics in 1991 was not capable of producing a DNA match.  The case was revived this year and, when the lab was able to match both the new sample and the earlier one with DNA left on the victim, Fugate was arrested.  Detective Russell Redman, who took charge of the case this year said, "Finally, the sciences in this particular area caught up with the suspect."