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AWOL soldier arrested while trying to get ID in Harlingen
Posted: 06.22.2010 at 3:22 PM
Sergio Chapa

Sergio is KGBT's Interactive Manager and a reporter for VALLEYCENTRAL.COM.

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An AWOL soldier is in custody after being arrested while trying to get an Texas State Identification Card in Harlingen.

A Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) state trooper arrested JD Michael Morin on Monday.

DPS officials said Morin tried to get an state ID card but an arrest warrant for military desertion popped up on the system.

A Harlingen driver's license trooper took the 27-year-old into custody.

U.S. Army service records show that Morin entered military service in 2006.

He was listed as an Infrantry Private 2 but information was not immediately avialble when he was listed on abscence without leave.

DPS officials said no additional charges were filed against Morin.

He remains in custody at the Cameron County Jail.

 

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