A Philadelphia man who authorities say stole the identities of eight Lehigh Valley residents to rack up $88,000 of bills in their names - partly to buy penis enlargements for him and a friend and breast implants for two women - has pleaded guilty to more than 40 crimes in Lehigh County Court.
Jose Amid Juarbe, 39, pleaded guilty Monday to 42 counts including identity theft, writing bad cheques, forgery and theft by deception. Twenty-seven of the counts are felonies, the district attorney's office said on Wednesday.
Juarbe, who was scheduled to go to trial this week on the charges, is slated to be sentenced Sept. 11 by Judge Maria L. Dantos. Juarbe faces 246 years in prison if he gets the maximum sentence on all charges and they all run consecutively, the district attorney's office said.
Juarbe, according to authorities, used information stolen from Dino Melendez Realty Co. in Allentown to steal identities in the Lehigh Valley and make more than $88,000 in purchases and loans between September 2007 and January 2008. That, according to police, included four plastic surgeries: a penis enlargement for him and another man, 30-year-old Manuel Delarosa of Philadelphia; and breast enhancement surgeries for two women, 26-year-old Maria Lopez and 33-year-old Bedenissi Feliciano, both of Philadelphia. Police say Juarbe provided the stolen identities that the man and two women used to get the surgeries and all three have been charged with theft crimes.
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