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Police body camera video shows the moments Florida deputies arrested a Canadian woman after she allegedly gave a false name during a traffic stop and investigators discovered 12 fraudulent identification cards in her vehicle.
Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister released the July 29 bodycam footage showing deputies stopping a vehicle in Tampa because its taillights and tag lights were not working.
The driver, Bryce Swanson, 28, initially identified herself as “Brianna Valenzuela” and initially told deputies she had a driver’s license but did not have it with her, according to authorities.
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Body camera footage captured the traffic stop that led deputies to discover multiple allegedly fraudulent identification cards inside a vehicle in Tampa, Fla. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
“Swanson told deputies she did not have an ID and had never possessed a valid driver’s license, after initially claiming she did,” Chronister wrote on X. “A search of her vehicle revealed 12 driver’s licenses with her picture, but different names and dates of birth.”
According to authorities, Swanson is a Canadian national who overstayed her visa.
The body camera footage shows a deputy questioning Swanson about her identity after she said she was visiting Florida from New York in a rental vehicle.
“I live in New York,” Swanson said. “I’m here in Florida literally just visiting friends and stuff right now.”
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A Hillsborough County deputy speaks with Bryce Swanson during a traffic stop in Tampa, Fla. Investigators later said they discovered 12 fraudulent driver’s licenses in her vehicle. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
The deputy pointed out she did not have any New York identification.
“Your story’s not making a lot of sense to me, right?” the deputy said. “You say you live in New York, but you don’t have any ID in New York.”
When the deputy again asked how she could live in New York without any identification, Swanson replied, “I’ve never had a driver’s license or anything like that.”
Deputies then searched the vehicle and found what investigators described as numerous fraudulent identification cards.
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Body camera footage shows a Hillsborough County deputy questioning Bryce Swanson after she allegedly provided a false name during a traffic stop. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
“All these are fake,” one deputy said in the video before placing Swanson under arrest.
Swanson was booked into the Orient Road Jail and charged with driving without a valid driver’s license and providing a false name to a law enforcement officer.
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She is being held without bond because of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer, according to jail records.
Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.
