Another Northwestern student was arrested Friday and charged with a felony in connection with making fake IDs, police said.
Brian Busby, 19, a McCormick sophomore, was arrested and charged with manufacturing fraudulent identification cards, said Lt. Glenn Turner of University Police.
Busby is the latest in a series of students arrested during the past week in connection with fake IDs. UP confirmed Thursday that 10 students had been arrested and charged in connection with either the manufacture or possession of fake IDs.
Busby did not return phone calls Monday night.
Police expect to arrest two or three more students who possess fake IDs but do not anticipate further arrests in connection with manufacturing them, Turner said.
“We think we have pretty much everyone that we know of that was manufacturing them,” Turner said.
UP also was investigating rumors that, in at least one case, drugs may have been traded for the IDs.
“There is some truth to that, but it also appears to have been slightly exaggerated,” Turner said. “We are investigating charges that one person, in lieu of giving them money, gave them some type of drug.”
Turner declined to comment on what type of drugs were exchanged or if drug-related charges would be filed against any of the suspects.
Busby made at least four or five fake Connecticut driver’s licenses on his computer, Turner said.
Busby’s roommate, Timothy Carlton, was arrested May 5 and pleaded guilty on Thursday to misdemeanor possession of fraudulent IDs. Carlton was originally charged with felony possession, but he pleaded guilty to a lesser charge. He was sentenced to 18 months of court supervision and 100 hours of community service.
Carlton was selling IDs he had received from an acquaintance in Chico, Calif., to NU students, Turner said. The fake IDs looked like driver’s licenses from California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Georgia and Maine.
Police said they believe Busby was planning to take over ID production from Carlton’s acquaintance in California. Turner said he expects Busby to receive the same sentence as Carlton.
“I don’t imagine Brian’s involvement was any worse than Tim’s,” Turner said.
Busby is scheduled to appear May 23 in Circuit Court in Skokie.
