Man who claimed diplomatic immunity pleads guilty to false pretense
February 17th, 2009 by Post StaffBy KATHLEEN CHAPMAN
Steven Morrow
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Port St. Lucie man who claimed that he could not be stopped by police because he had diplomatic immunity pleaded guilty in federal court today to a charge of falsely pretending to be a diplomatic officer of the United States.
Steven Wayne Morrow of Port St. Lucie was pulled over by police in a traffic stop on Nov. 20 because he had a tinted cover over the license plate of his Gold Chrysler van. Morrow, 44, told Port St. Lucie police officers that he was a U.S. diplomat and could not be detained for any reason.
He then presented a “Head of State” identification card and a badge inscribed “Ambassador-Diplomat.”
Morrow refused to show his driver license and police eventually let him go because they couldn’t confirm whether his claims were true.
But a follow-up investigation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that Morrow was using a fake ID and license plate. Inside his Port St. Lucie home, investigators found other false documents including a passport, press pass and driver licenses.
Morrow faces a maximum of three years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for April 3.
kathleen_chapman@pbpost.com
Tags: Chrysler, diplomat, federal court, Steven Morrow
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February 18th, 2009 at 10:03 am
why was’nt he arrested for refusing to show his driver’s license? if you refuse to show your license that automatic jail.if he were black it would be different…
February 18th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
You got it wrong, if he were black he would of been arrested for selling cocaine, or armed robbery or something like that.