Onelia Santizo-Santizo

Name:
Santizo-Santizo, Onelia Florecita

Date of Booking:
10/29/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Forgery In First Degree, Utter/deliver, Other

Aggravated Identity Fraud

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on October 28, 2025]

On 28 October 2025, at approximately 1615 hours, Deputy Rice was dispatched to make telephonic contact with [VICTIM #1] about identity fraud.

[VICTIM #1] informed Deputy Rice that she received a letter from the IRS stating she had income coming into her house from Garland Sales Inc in Dalton. [VICTIM #1] informed Deputy Rice that she received 20 Oct 2025, stating this information. [VICTIM #1] informed Deputy Rice that in 2015, she had the IRS and Social Security Office conduct an investigation due to a similar situation. [VICTIM #1] informed Deputy Rice that in November 2024, she attempted to get a new Texas driver’s license and was questioned about having a Missouri identification card.

[VICTIM #1] informed Deputy that she also contacted the IRS about the matter. [VICTIM #1] informed Deputy Rice that she attempted to speak with human resources at Garland Sales Inc., but was informed she needed to contact law enforcement. Deputy Rice asked [VICTIM #1] to provide him with her name, date of birth, and driver’s license number. Deputy Rice asked [VICTIM #1] if she had tattoos on her neck, and she stated yes. [VICTIM #1]’s Texas driver’s license photograph has tattoos visible on her neck.

Deputy Rice made contact with [WITNESS #1], who works in the human resources office at Garland Sale Inc. [WITNESS #1] was able to provide the employment packet for [VICTIM #1]. Deputy Rice discovered the employment packet enclosed the following: [VICTIM #1], date of birth [REDACTED BY AGENCY]/1998, SSN card [REDACTED BY AGENCY](scanned copy), California driver’s license number [REDACTED] (scanned copy), an address of [1200 BLOCK] Coogler Rd, and a telephone number of [REDACTED BY AGENCY]. Deputy Rice ran the California license, and it came back to [REDACTED] of San Rafael, California. [WITNESS #1] informed Deputy Rice that [VICTIM #1] had already clocked out for the day and would return at 0800 next date.

Deputy Rice asked [VICTIM #1] what she wanted done, and she stated to have this be investigated. Deputy Rice provided [VICTIM #1] with report number 2025-05969 and informed her that it would be forwarded over to CID for follow-up.

This report will remain active.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on October 29, 2025]

Detective Cooley and Detective Salazar arrived at Garland Sale and met with members of their human resource department. They provided Detective Cooley with a copy of the Social Security Card and California Identification card. The Social Security Card number was [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and the name [VICTIM #1]. The California Identification card also showed to be issued to Mrs. [VICTIM #1] and license number [REDACTED]. This ID card also contain a photo of the subject that was working at Garland Sales and not of Mrs. [VICTIM #1].

When the drivers license was ran through GCIC/NCIC it returned to a Mr. [REDACTED].

[REDACTED] W/M [REDACTED BY AGENCY]1960
[100 BLOCK] Park St.
San Rafael, CA

Detective Salazar then conducted the interview of the offender. It was then determined that her real name Onelia Florecita Santizo-Santizo with a date of birth [REDACTED BY AGENCY] 2005. Mrs. Santizo admitted to purchasing the identification card and social security card from a place in Chattanooga Tennessee for $1000.00. Mrs. Santizo could not provide Detective Cooley with a location that the items were purchased. Mrs. Santizo was then placed under arrest for Aggravated Identity Fraud and Forgery.

Detective Cooley returned to the Whitfield County Sheriff’s Office is applied for a criminal arrest warrant for Mrs. Florecita Santizo-Santizo for O.C.G.A. 16-9-1 Forgery -1st degree, and O.C.G.A. 16-9-121.1 Aggravated Identity Fraud. Chief Magistrate Judge Chris Griffin reviewed and approved the arrest warrant. Judge Griffin then issued warrant number W25-1786 for the arrest of Florecita Santizo-Santizo. The warrant was the taken to the correctional center and served on Mrs. Santizo.

[End of Narrative]