A 38-year-old woman in Utah was apprehended by the police after trying to impersonate her 21-year-old daughter when she was pulled over for a traffic violation. The woman by the name of Heather Elaine Garcia was held by officers from the department of Davis Country Sheriff on the morning of August 31 based on allegations such as driving a vehicle without possession of a license, possession of drugs and giving information that is not correct. 

'Like mother like daughter'

Heather has been charged with deceiving the police officers who stopped her based on doubts that she had been behind the wheel of a silver BMW without proper documentation. While the cops were searching her car, they found a material that resembled some sort of a white colored powder. 

The accused was taken to Davis County Jail and is now under arrest based on accusations of having marijuana in her possession, driving a car on a revoked driver's license and giving false information. 

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While being taken away by the police, the woman told the cops that her name was Mercedes and her birth year was 1998. But a sweep through the public records showed that the name and birth year was of her daughter. It came to light that the arrested woman had multiple charges against her.

The earlier warrants against Heather are: possessing marijuana of more than 16 ounces and driving with a suspended license.
Lying to an officer of the law can lead to serious repercussions.

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Impersonating someone is a crime

It is considered illegal to provide incorrect information to an officer i.e. name, date of birth or address and the accused of such crime could be slapped with a Class C violation that includes a fine that could go up to $750 or 3 months in a lock-up.

Also, impersonating yourself as someone else means that a different person's name, date of birth, the address will be used and someone committing this crime can be charged with a Class A violation which includes a fine up to $2500 along with a jail term of up to 1 year. 

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