Indiana man accused of faking death going to prison
Posted: February 11, 2012 at 2:44 p.m.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A northern Indiana man, who authorities said faked his own death, is heading to prison after pleading guilty to passport fraud and identity theft.
U.S. District Judge Robert Holmes Bell in Grand Rapids sentenced 29-year-old Nathan Lumbard on Friday to four years in prison. The Howe, Ind., man also will spend three years on supervised release and pay a $30,000 fine.
Lumbard pleaded guilty in October to the charges, which stemmed from his escape to Myanmar after posting bond and being released on various criminal charges in Michigan and Indiana. Federal authorities said they suspected he was overseas and apprehended him last year.
Police searched for Lumbard after a suitcase was found along a highway in Charleston, Mo., in 2009 that contained his belongings, his driver’s license and suicide notes.
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