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JACKSONVILLE (CBS4) ― The timeline showing the identity theft nightmare faced by Kevin Wehner.

April 1, 2002 – Shawn Labeet shoots his girlfriend in the leg in their North Lauderdale home and is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.


July 18, 2002 – After Labeet fails to appear for a court hearing, a warrant is issued for his arrest. Shortly thereafter, Labeet and his girlfriend move to Miami Dade County.


August 8, 2003  --  Labeet is issued a Florida Identification Card after walking into a Florida DMV and presenting a birth certificate from the U.S. Virgin Islands and a Social Security card bearing the name Kevin Foston Wehner.


August 20, 2003 -- Claiming to be Kevin Wehner, and showing as proof of identity his Florida Identification Card, Shawn Labeet is given a Florida Driver's License bearing the name Kevin Foston Wehner


September 16, 2003 -- Labeet returns to the DMV and claims to have lost his driver's license and is issued a duplicate Florida Driver's License under the Wehner name.


October 17, 2003 -- Labeet again claims to have lost his license and is issued yet another duplicate Florida Driver's License under the name of Kevin Wehner


November 14, 2003  -- Labeet is stopped by Miami-Dade Police for having a broken headlight. He is issued a citation under the name Kevin Wehner.


January 5, 2004 – Labeet is stopped by Miami-Dade Police when officers discover the tag on his car is not assigned to that vehicle. He is also given a citation for having no proof of insurance. He is issued a citation under the name Kevin Wehner.


May 21, 2004 – Labeet is stopped by police for driving 61 in a 45 mph zone. He is issued a citation under the name Kevin Wehner.


July 23, 2004 -- The actual Kevin Wehner, who is living in New York, calls the Florida DMV to report that he believes someone using his name has been issued a Florida Driver's License. DMV officials tell him to place his allegations in writing.


August 25, 2004 --  The Florida DMV receives a letter from the real Kevin Wehner claiming his identity has been stolen and a Florida Driver's License has been issued to someone operating under his name.


September 3, 2004 -- The Florida DMV opens an investigation and sends the real Kevin Wehner a letter asking him to provide documents proving that he is in fact the Kevin Wehner. Florida officials say Wehner never responded to their written request and no further action was taken.


December 14, 2004 – Labeet is stopped by police for having his tag improperly displayed. He is issued a citation under the name Kevin Wehner.


July 27, 2005 – Labeet is stopped by police for driving 80 mph in a 45 mph zone. He is given a citation as Kevin Wehner.


November 30, 2005 – Labeet is stopped by police for speeding in a school zone. He is issued a citation under the name Kevin Wehner.


December 29, 2005 -- Using the fraudulently obtained Wehner driver's license, Labeet purchases a Chinese made, Norinco MAK-90 assault weapon from a pawn shop in Tamarac for $450.


March 14, 2006 -- Labeet purchases three Yugoslavian made SKS assault rifles, for $275 apiece, from Kiffney's Gun Shop in Key Largo, Florida.


April 7, 2006  -- Labeet returns to Kiffney's Gun Shop and, once again using the Wehner driver's license, purchases a handgun for $540. While at the store Labeet asks owner, Thomas Kiffney about ordering gas masks, body armor and bullet proof vests. Kiffney, who is also a Monroe County Sheriff's sergeant,  tells Labeet he no longer wanted to do business with him. Kiffney was so concerned by Labeet's conduct that he contacted the ATF's Miami field office and told an ATF agent that there was "something suspicious" about Labeet. Kiffney says he faxed ATF all of the documents relating to all of the gun purchases made by "Kevin Wehner." Kiffney says no one from ATF ever contacted him to follow up on his report.


June 23, 2006 -- The real Kevin Wehner and his wife, Jessela, along with their one-year-old daughter, move from New York to Jacksonville, Florida.


July 2006 -- The ATF trace center in Maryland contacts Kiffney's Gun Shop and asks them for information on an SKS assault rifle which was sold by Kiffneys and was recently recovered by a local police department.  When Kiffney runs the serial number in his computer he discovers it was one of the assault weapons he sold to Labeet. He again notifies ATF of his concerns about the man who presented himself as Kevin Wehner and faxes them all of the documents on all of his previous gun purchases. Kiffney says no one from ATF contacts him to follow up on this latest report.


September 27, 2006 -- The real Wehner receives two notices in the mail at his home in Jacksonville demanding payment for the renewal of two auto tags on cars in Miami Dade County that Labeet had apparently purchased under Wehner's name. Wehner contacts the Jacksonville Sheriff's Department.


October 3, 2006 -- A Jacksonville Sheriff's report documents Wehner's complaint, describes the two vehicles the fraudulent Kevin Wehner is driving, and lists the license plate numbers for the two vehicles. The report goes on to state: "My investigation revealed an unknown person identifying himself as Kevin Foston Wehner."  The report also states: "An attempt to contact the customer service line with the Department of Motor Vehicles was unsuccessful." The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office then closed out the case taking no further action. No bulletins are issued for the vehicles or the fake Kevin Wehner in South Florida.


August 17, 2007 -- The real Kevin Wehner applies for a Florida Driver's License at a DMV office in Jacksonville. He is told there already is a Kevin Wehner in the system and authorities refuse to issue him a license. He complains that the Kevin Wehner in South Florida is an imposter. He files a request for a fraud investigation and notes that he previously filed a complaint with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office ten months earlier. A photograph of Wehner is taken. According to Major Ernie Duarte of the Florida Highway Patrol, the photograph is "for follow up law enforcement purposes as part of the fraud investigation."


August 26, 2007 -- Wehner is sent a letter by the Florida DMV asking him to provide proof that he is in fact the real Kevin Wehner. He is required to provide a passport, social security card, a copy of his New York driver's license,  and five handwriting samples containing his signature. Wehner claims he provides copies of everything they request.


September 13, 2007
The day of the Miami-Dade police shooting

11:20 a.m. -- Labeet shoots and kills Jose Somohano and wounds three other officers. When he was first stopped by police, he was driving one of the two vehicles the real Kevin Wehner had reported to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The Miami Dade officers are unaware of this because Jacksonville never placed an alert out on the car. Labeet shoots the four officers using the Norinco MAK 90 he bought from the pawn in Tamarac under the name Wehner.


1:16 p.m. -- Miami Dade Police announce the man suspected of shooting the four officers is Kevin Wehner and they release a picture of the real Wehner. The picture they release is the DMV picture taken of Wehner as part of the fraud investigation by the DMV.


2:45 p.m. – Miami Dade Police pull down the picture of Wehner and replace it with a picture of Labeet, but police continue to identify the suspect as Kevin Wehner


3:43 p.m. – Miami Dade Police announce the man they are looking for is actually Shawn Sherwin Labeet.


11:45 p.m. – Labeet is cornered in an apartment complex in Broward County and is shot to death by the Miami-Dade SWAT team.

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