Supporters of Ohio's identity theft law are livid that state liquor control agents gave a college student the driver's license and Social Security number of another woman so she could pose as a stripper for a sting.
Investigators and Miami County Prosecutor Gary Nasal came up with nothing more than misdemeanor charges in the 2003 vice operation targeting the Total Xposure strip bar near Troy in western Ohio.
Nasal said the ploy was legal because a change in Ohio's law the previous year aimed at curbing identity theft. The law allows police to use a person's identity within the context of an investigation, he said.
And the tactics were justified because authorities managed to close the club, Nasal said.
''I don't apologize for the investigation and the conduct,'' he told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Sunday. ''The result speaks for itself.''
That doesn't sit well with a number of people, including the Republican state representative who sponsored the legislation and David Dawson, the father of the woman whose identity was used.
''I don't know much about law, but I would say that's just baloney,'' said Dawson, who lives part time in Columbus.
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