JOPLIN — Trials are in the works for a pair of defendants charged with separate incidents of trafficking stolen identities.
Both waived preliminary hearings Thursday, the Joplin Globe reported.
Frederick E. Phillips, 36, will stand trial on counts of trafficking in stolen identities and unlawful possession of a firearm.
The charges pertain to an arrest made April 16 by a Joplin police officer who was looking for a suspect in another crime when he spotted Phillips and mistook him for the suspect. As he was detaining Phillips, a hypodermic needle fell out…
