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Police: Death Certificate Contained Misspellings
SALEM, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man is accused of going to extremes to get out of a court case.
Officials said Michael Rosen faked his own death, complete with death certificate.
But officials said the document was full of mistakes, raising a big red flag.
Rosen, 42, an unemployed painter, was due in court on several warrants.
Instead of attending his hearing, he pretended to be his brother and presented county clerks with a death certificate for Michael Rosen, said Lt. Conrad Prosniewski with the Salem Police Department.
A suspicious probation officer, who had just spoke with Rosen, noticed the death certificate didn't look quite right.
The cause of death was listed as cardio-respriratory arrest, and the document contained several misspellings.
"I don't know what to tell you," said Rosen's roommate, Daniel Sheehan.
Sheehan said Rosen, 42, took off in his Jeep a couple days ago. He hasn't seen him since.
"He's creative," neighbor Barbara West said. "If he could just learn to spell, he'd be all set, I suppose."
Rosen now faces forgery charges on top of those outstanding warrants.
Man Fakes Death To Avoid Court Date - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
SALEM, Mass. -- A Massachusetts man is accused of going to extremes to get out of a court case.
Officials said Michael Rosen faked his own death, complete with death certificate.
But officials said the document was full of mistakes, raising a big red flag.
Rosen, 42, an unemployed painter, was due in court on several warrants.
Instead of attending his hearing, he pretended to be his brother and presented county clerks with a death certificate for Michael Rosen, said Lt. Conrad Prosniewski with the Salem Police Department.
A suspicious probation officer, who had just spoke with Rosen, noticed the death certificate didn't look quite right.
The cause of death was listed as cardio-respriratory arrest, and the document contained several misspellings.
"I don't know what to tell you," said Rosen's roommate, Daniel Sheehan.
Sheehan said Rosen, 42, took off in his Jeep a couple days ago. He hasn't seen him since.
"He's creative," neighbor Barbara West said. "If he could just learn to spell, he'd be all set, I suppose."
Rosen now faces forgery charges on top of those outstanding warrants.
Man Fakes Death To Avoid Court Date - Jacksonville News Story - WJXT Jacksonville
