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Worrell is charged after claiming to be Lilja

By Michael Russo
Staff Writer
Posted January 25 2005

Peter Worrell and Andreas Lilja may be friends and former teammates, but nobody will ever mistake them for each other. That includes local police.

Worrell, a former Panthers left wing with a lengthening list of legal problems, will be arraigned in Broward County Criminal Court on Wednesday on charges stemming from a traffic incident last month in which he identified himself as Lilja. The Canadian Worrell, who is black, is 6 feet 6 and 240 pounds. Lilja, who is white, is a 6-foot-3, 225-pounder from Sweden.


Worrell, 27, plays for the Colorado Avalanche but has been living at his Coral Springs home during the NHL lockout. He was pulled over at 2 a.m. Dec. 6 in Pompano Beach for driving with an expired tag.

According to the police report, when the Broward County Sheriff's deputy asked Worrell his identity, Worrell claimed he was Lilja, with whom he played on the Panthers during the 2002-03 season. Worrell was driving a black Ford Expedition that was owned by Lilja.

Lilja, who was not re-signed by the Panthers after last season and has since signed with the Nashville Predators, was playing hockey in Sweden at the time.

"After asking the defendant several times his name, Worrell continued to deliberately falsify and obstruct my investigation," Deputy Lionel Davis wrote in his report.

Davis was able to identify Worrell after finding his passport in the car's console.

Well what can you say? I'd like to know what Worrell was thinking here :lol


http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-worrell25jan25,0,4792255.story?coll=sfla-sports-headlines

 

[Mainline]

Wow. Just wow.

 

[Drensch]

He doing research for a mistaken identity take on Amos and Andy.

 

[Shinobi]

Fucking pathetic...lock the door and throw away the key.

 

[calder]

Haha, I have a friend who did the exact same thing but got away with it. He was driving another friend's car, didn't have a license and got stopped by the RCMP for not being buckled. Luckily being the same age and knowing the other guy's address and DOB and stuff like that cold helped a lot, as did the fact that photo ID hadn't been introduced yet .

With Worrell though, sheesh any fool nowadays knows to just accept the ticket for driving without a license and then worry about getting your friends car out of the impound. Claiming to be somebody else just seems like a much bigger hassle.

 

[DarienA]

Haha, I have a friend who did the exact same thing but got away with it. He was driving another friend's car, didn't have a license and got stopped by the RCMP for not being buckled. Luckily being the same age and knowing the other guy's address and DOB and stuff like that cold helped a lot, as did the fact that photo ID hadn't been introduced yet .

With Worrell though, sheesh any fool nowadays knows to just accept the ticket for driving without a license and then worry about getting your friends car out of the impound. Claiming to be somebody else just seems like a much bigger hassle.

Yup as he is now about to find out... especially in the post 9-11 world...

 

[bishoptl]

They should have arrested his black ass for impersonating a NHL-calibre hockey player years ago!

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[theo]

They should have arrested his black ass for impersonating a NHL-calibre hockey player years ago!

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:lol