Wednesday, June 23, 1999
Lie lands wrong sister in hot water
Accused prostitute uses false name
BY JANICE MORSE
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HAMILTON — Police say a woman arrested in a weekend prostitution sting gave the wrong name — her sister's.
“I hate it. I'm the one paying for her crime,” Sandra Lee Ledger, 29, of Oxford said Tuesday after learning authorities had issued a warrant for her arrest.
Apparently, Mrs. Ledger's sister, Julia Ann Bradshaw, 25, gave police Mrs. Ledger's name and date of birth when she was arrested Friday, said Sgt. Carl Sigmon, who heads the Hamilton Police Division's vice squad. She was later released.
The deception went undetected until Mrs. Ledger heard about the Cincinnati Enquirer article that said a warrant had been issued in her name.
That news prompted Mrs. Ledger's husband, Bruce, to go to the police station and protest.
“Her husband came up and he said, "You've got the wrong person.' ... So I showed him the picture (of the arrestee), and he just kind of rolled his eyes and said, "I know who that is,'” Sgt. Sigmon said.
Mr. Ledger identified the woman as Ms. Bradshaw, and provided three aliases she uses. Using that information, police found earlier arrest photos that confirmed her identity.
Authorities voided the warrant for Mrs. Ledger, and they were issuing one for Ms. Bradshaw — along with an additional charge of falsification, Sgt. Sigmon said.
Mrs. Ledger said she was astounded that this could happen without police realizing it.
Sgt. Sigmon explained that suspects without identification cards pose problems for police. Unless officers know them, it is difficult to tell when they're providing false identities.
In Ms. Bradshaw's case, several years had elapsed since her last arrest by Hamilton police, so officers were not familiar with her, Sgt. Sigmon said.
When suspects do give fake names, they usually belong to someone they know — a friend or a family member who then is victimized by the information's use, Sgt. Sigmon said. Computerized fingerprinting can help prevent such falsifications, he said, adding that Hamilton police are in the process of obtaining that equipment.
Mrs. Ledger says she and her sister, born Julia Ann Amis, “chose different paths.” Mrs. Ledger, a hu man resources professional and mother of a 10-year-old son, said she attends Fellowship Christian Center three times a week and sings in the church choir. She says she has had little contact with her sister because of their divergent lifestyles.
“We don't see her at all,” Mrs. Ledger said. “She knows she's not even welcome in my home.”
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