Man Arrested After Giving Fake Name to Police While Wearing Name Badge With His Real One

Man Arrested After Giving Fake Name to Police While Wearing Name Badge With His Real One
Markel Towner, 26, was arrested on May 21 for giving police a fake name despite wearing his real name around his neck, according to police. Lincoln Police Department
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A man from Nebraska failed to avoid arrest despite his efforts to fake his identity to police, because he was wearing his real name around his neck on a badge, according to authorities.

Lincoln Police Department officers were looking for 26-year-old Markel Towner after responding to a domestic assault call in Lincoln shortly after 10:30 p.m. on May 21. Officers noticed a man that matched Towner’s description sitting in a parked car outside the property they were responding to, according to a police statement.