DeKalb police uncover scheme to obtain cars through identity theft

DeKALB - DeKalb police have charged three men with possession of a stolen vehicle after an investigation reportedly revealed the vehicles had been obtained illegally. In one case, police say the cars were purchased under another person's name, and in the other two the vehicles reportedly had fake vehicle identification numbers. Samuel B. Jackson, 22, of DeKalb was arrested Monday after police saw the 2002 BMW he was driving in front of Lincoln Hall on Lucinda Drive on the Northern Illinois University campus. DeKalb Police Lt. Jim Kayes said the car had been reported stolen after a finance company failed to receive payments on the car. The car reportedly had been purchased in Westmont with the stolen identity of a Texas woman, he said. "Her