A man in Palmer, accused of two counts of sexual assault of a minor, has also been accused of using the identity of his deceased brother, Alaska State Troopers say.
On Dec. 15, the Alaska Bureau of Investigations received a report from a mother that two of her daughters had been sexually abused by 59-year-old James Peters approximately 18 years ago. On Jan. 21, an arrest warrant was issued for Peters for multiple counts of sexual abuse of a minor and incest.
During the investigation, troopers say investigators uncovered information that Peters has been using the identity of his deceased brother, Raleigh Peters, who’d been dead since 1952. AST says the Palmer man had been using Raleigh’s identity “in an attempt to avoid paying child support in the state of California.”
Peters obtained drivers licenses using both his name and his dead brother’s name in California and Alaska.
“Peters also applied for a social security number under the name Raleigh and has been paying taxes for 30 years using that name,” AST wrote in an online dispatch.
On Tuesday, the U.S. Marshal Fugitive Task Force arrested Peters at his job in Anchorage. He was taken to the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility.
Also notified was the California Department of Revenue. Furthermore, troopers say the Alaska Permanent Fund Division has opened an investigation into Peters collecting dividends for the past several years using his dead brother’s identity.
