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Man who claimed diplomatic immunity pleads guilty to false pretense

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 by Post Staff

By 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.” (more…)

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