Hello everyone,
I'm having trouble working out whether my scenario is plausible, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help me.
I have one character who is a con man in NYC. He got sloppy and there is now a warrant for his arrest. So he blows town on Wednesday and goes to stay with his sister in Atlantic City, NJ. (She has only been there a few months and has no fixed address.)
On Thursday, the sister uses a (very good) fake ID to cash a cheque at a bank. The identity on this fake ID is a known associate of the con man to the NY police.
On Friday, the sister uses the same ID to check into one of the big casinos for the weekend. The con man stays with her in the hotel while they're busy running another con together.
I would like for him to be arrested on Saturday. Is there any way this is plausible? I'm happy for it to be something along the lines of - the NJ cops came to the casino looking for someone else and when they asked for the guest list they noticed sister's name from a recent BOLO. If they then went up to the hotel room (or ran into con man in the hallway) could they arrest him on sight?
(This is all set in 1999, if that makes any difference.)
Any insights would be extremely appreciated!
K
I'm having trouble working out whether my scenario is plausible, and I was hoping someone here might be able to help me.
I have one character who is a con man in NYC. He got sloppy and there is now a warrant for his arrest. So he blows town on Wednesday and goes to stay with his sister in Atlantic City, NJ. (She has only been there a few months and has no fixed address.)
On Thursday, the sister uses a (very good) fake ID to cash a cheque at a bank. The identity on this fake ID is a known associate of the con man to the NY police.
On Friday, the sister uses the same ID to check into one of the big casinos for the weekend. The con man stays with her in the hotel while they're busy running another con together.
I would like for him to be arrested on Saturday. Is there any way this is plausible? I'm happy for it to be something along the lines of - the NJ cops came to the casino looking for someone else and when they asked for the guest list they noticed sister's name from a recent BOLO. If they then went up to the hotel room (or ran into con man in the hallway) could they arrest him on sight?
(This is all set in 1999, if that makes any difference.)
Any insights would be extremely appreciated!
K