Police: Fake Name, Real Name Both Lead to Arrest

Mount Pleasant police say a Racine man tried to avoid trouble by using a fake name, but when he found out warrants were out for that person's arrest, he came clean and still ended up in custody.

Jordan Faultersack, 23, was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single misdemeanor count of obstructing an officer, repeater. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in jail and/or up to $10,000 in fines. Because Faultersack has prior convictions on his record, a judge can tack extra time on any sentence the defendant might receive.


According to the criminal complaint, Mount Pleasant police initiated a traffic stop Sunday on a vehicle because the registered owner had a suspended license. When officers made contact with the driver, the woman told police she was coming from work and stopped along the way to pick up her friend.

Officers say they asked the passenger - later identified as Faultersack - for his name and birthdate. He gave them another person's name and fumbled over the birthdate. To avoid the man trying to flee the scene, police walked around the car to stand next to the passenger door and requested cover squads to help run the names of both occupants.

The name Faultersack used at first came back with a warrant so police asked him to step out of the car and extinguish his cigarette. He was handcuffed immediately, and when officers informed him of the warrant, Faultersack gave his real name. A search of the defendant's person yielded a Wisconsin driver's license with Faultersack's name, photo and birthdate, the complaint reads.

Officers discovered warrants out for Faultersack from the City of Racine, Mount Pleasant and the Racine County Sheriff for non-payment of child support so he was transported to the Racine County Jail.

Faultersack remains in custody on a $100 cash bond on the obstruction charge and will next be court Sept. 26 for a pre-trial conference. He also appeared in court for not paying child support since July 2012.

Online court records indicate he is unemployed but does tattooing periodically for cash and only lives in Racine part time. He will next face a judge on Oct. 25 for contempt for not staying current on his child support of $187 a month.