CRIME
Hialeah police officer arrested on corruption, identity fraud charges
Feds say Raul Castellon traded other people’s private information for gifts

By Peter Burke – Local10.com Managing Editor
Posted: 1:06 PM, March 20, 2017
Updated: 11:32 PM, March 20, 2017
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MIAMI – A Hialeah police officer was arrested Friday on federal corruption and identity fraud charges.

Raul Castellon, 38, is charged with affecting commerce by extortion under color of official right, conspiracy to commit access device fraud, aggravated identity fraud and possession of 15 or more unauthorized access devices.

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According to a federal indictment, Castellon used a confidential database to take screen shots of other people’s personal identification, including driver’s license and Social Security numbers, and gave them to co-defendant Neilin Diaz in exchange for gifts.

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Buckie Got It….HIALEAH, Fla. – Three Hialeah schools are on lockdown while police search for a man who ran from police while armed with a knife.

Sky 10 was flying above Ben Sheppard Elementary School as police swarmed the campus with their guns drawn.

http://www.local10.com/news/florida/hialeah/3-hialeah-schools-on-lockdown-while-police-search-for-man-armed-with-knife

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