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HAMILTON — An illegal immigrant was arrested this week in the lobby of the Butler County Sheriff's Office when she allegedly passed fake identification while trying to get a background check for a job, according to sheriff's officials.

Genesis Mahelet Garcia-Garcia, 25, of Sixth Avenue in Hamilton was arrested Wednesday, July 16. She is charged with two counts of forgery and one count of identity fraud.

She is in the country from Mexico illegally, according to deputies. Garcia-Garcia is being held in the Butler County Jail and faces possible deportation.

Deputies said Garcia-Garcia walked into the lobby, went to the public assistance window and filled out paperwork using a fraudulent name and date of birth. She then passed a fraudulent Illinois identification card and a fraudulent Social Security card to the clerk, officials said.

The clerk recognized the cards as fraudulent and contacted a member of the Criminal Alien Team in the detective section of the sheriff's office, officials said.

Garcia-Garcia told detectives she admitted to purchasing the cards about two years ago for $180 in Hamilton.

She had essentially assumed the identity of the individual, whose information she had purchased, after obtaining the fraudulent cards, according to deputies.

"It was a good eye on the part of the clerk," Sgt. Todd Langmeyer said.

The identification Garcia-Garcia is accused of passing was not of good quality, Langmeyer said. The word Illinois was blurred on the card.

"We have found some pretty good quality IDs. This was not one of them," he said.

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