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YORKTOWN---Former Pace University student William Gerhard has admitted to manufacturing and distributing fake driver's licenses.
Gerhard, 20, of 2090 Aetna Place, Yorktown, pleaded guilty to one count of second degree forgery, a class D felony.
Gerhard's arrest was the result of an interagency crackdown on the manufacture and distribution of phony driver's licenses. The three month joint investigation was conducted by members of the Briarcliff Manor Police Department, the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, the Pleasantville Police Department, the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles, as well as investigators from the Westchester County District Attorney's office.
Gerhard, who resided at Dow Hall in Briarcliff Manor, made and sold high quality fake New Jersey driver's licenses out of his dorm room. The fake licenses were sold to students principally so they could unlawfully engage in underage drinking. The legal drinking age in New York State is 21.
A search warrant was executed on the room resulting in the seizure of a computer used to create the phony licenses.
Gerhard is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 25.
Another Pace University student, Edward Henselder, 20, of 10 More Place, Melville, Long Island, pleaded guilty earlier this month to a single count of second degree forgery.
Henselder, who also resided at Dow Hall in Briarcliff Manor, took part in the making and selling of the high quality fake New Jersey driver's licenses.
Henselder is scheduled to be sentenced on Feb. 26.
Both students face up to seven years in state prison. 11-17-06
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