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What's in a name? A felony warrant

ANNAPOLIS - Vincent Lloyd Massey should have thought twice before he gave city police a false name this morning. He gave the name of a wanted felon.

City police pulled a vehicle over into a Bay Ridge Avenue Texaco station at 4:30 a.m. and found that the driver had a suspended license. They took the driver into custody and then looked to Mr. Massey, a passenger in the vehicle, to drive the car from the scene.

When officers asked Mr. Massey, 48, for his driver's license, he said he had left it at home but gave officers his name, address and date of birth.

Moments later,...