Search of Austin home results in forgery charges

By Mike Rose | Austin Daily Herald

Published Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Two Austin men face felony forgery charges and others could be charged following a Wednesday search of an Austin home.

Lazaro Aguilar-Mateo, 24, and Pedro Rodriguez-Waldo, 18, who live in the same southwest Austin home, appeared in Mower County court Friday on two counts each of aggravated forgery.

Aguilar-Mateo was arrested Sept. 28 while driving Leida Sebastian-Matacua, 22, and Juan Carlos Rubio, 29, who were being investigated in a separate forgery case and have since plead guilty.

Aguilar-Mateo gave officers an ID in the name of “Heriberto Torres Astacio.” Officers also found documents in the car belonging to Aguilar-Mateo’s wife, 20.

On Wednesday, a search was executed at Aguilar-Mateo’s home. He was first confronted in his car, and he identified himself as “Astacio” to the detective. When told he knew his real name, Aguilar-Mateo “grudgingly” admitted to using an alias, according to a criminal complaint.

The search continued into his home, where a number of people were found, some of whom were linked to fraudulent documents in the house.

That includes Aguilar-Mateo’s wife and a man who said he was her father. Neither had been charged as of Monday in Mower County.

Some of the documents belonged to “Israel Rodriguez,” which police determined was Rodriguez-Waldo’s alias.

Rodriguez-Waldo was later interviewed at his place of employment, Quality Pork Processors, and he admitted to using the alias. He was then taken into custody.

A number of fraudulent work documents from Northwood Foods, Inc., Select Foods in Albert Lea and Farmland Foods that were linked to Aguilar-Mateo were found as well.

The complaint states that he used multiple aliases.

Also found at the home was a Social Security card belonging to “Joshua Horacio Franco,” an alias that has been linked to Alejandro Gonzalez-Hernandez, 27.

During the search, authorities learned that Gonzalez-Hernandez had been having sex with a 14-year-old girl who also lived in the home, according to a criminal complaint.

The girl told authorities that Gonzalez-Hernandez is her boyfriend and that the two had been having sex for the past month.

Gonzalez-Hernandez was charged Friday with five counts of felony third-degree criminal sexual conduct. He is scheduled for arraignment Oct. 22.

Aguilar-Mateo and Rodriguez-Waldo are also scheduled to appear again in court Oct. 22.

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