In this article, they say that a security supervisor pleaded not guilty to identity theft on Tuesday as a new details emerged about his alleged twenty-year odyssey of deception. He may have assumed the identity of a New York man weeks before the man the murdered. He pleaded not guilty to one count to identity theft through his court-appointed attorney. There is a second-degree offense punishable by a maximum ten-year sentence. He was standing in an orange prison jumpsuit ad flanked by two sheriff's officers, Oyewole appeared via video feed from the Essex County Correctional Facility where he was held since his arrest on Monday at his home. The court raised his bail from $75,000 to $250,000 after finding out that he has used several aliases over the years. Oyewole has been placed under a federal immigration detainer. He spoke once during Tuesday's hearing, to answer a question from the judge on of his place of residence. He is charged with using the identity of Jerry Thomas. Jerry Thomas was a petty criminal who was shot outside Queens, N.Y., in July of 1992. The remains of Thomas' murders are unsolved, but the police in New York said Tuesday there is no evidence trying Oyewole to Thomas' shooting.
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