Suspect gives fake ID to West Reading police

A West Reading police officer spotted a man relieving himself about 2:40 a.m. Feb. 28 in the parking lot of a restaurant in the 400 block of Penn Avenue in the borough. After the “highly intoxicated” man finished, the officer asked for his ID. He gave the police a false identification and social security card. Police arrested the suspect, a 37-year-old Reading man, and charged him with tampering with records, fabricating physical evidence, lying to police, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.