eye95
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Quite correct, given that Martha and Scooter were already known by LE. Any request by LE to those two would have been a mere formality. Therefor no deception would have been necessary.
Not so in this case. His statement, if he gives one, that he is John Doe, and homless could not reasonably be refuted by the authorities absent any fact(s) to prove his statement false. Nice try on the Martha and Scooter angle though, your point on the law is obvious, to me anyway.
My point was not the identification of these two individuals, just that providing false information (which includes fake names and addresses) is grounds for being tried and convicted, even if there turns out to be no prosecutable underlying crime.