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HAZLETON — Police Friday said a man who provided false identification after a traffic stop had been deported three times by federal authorities. Police identified him as Juan Fuentes, 41, a Mexican national. Fuentes was charged and held at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

According to police: Fuentes was driving a vehicle that was stopped for a traffic violation in the area of East Diamond Avenue and North Cedar Street at approximately 5:15 p.m. He identified himself as Juan Hernandez-Perez with a birth date of June 3, 1983. A records’ check found no one with that name or birth date. Fuentes was taken to the police station at City Hall where he was fingerprinted and later positively identified. He was in possession of a fake Pennsylvania identification card. He also was wanted by the county Sheriff’s Office for failure to appear in county court on charges of resisting arrest and public drunkenness. Fuentes had been deported three time by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and had illegally returned into the country. He was arraigned on charges of providing false ID to law enforcement, possession of a fake ID and a driving with suspended license. Fuentes was transported to the county prison.