A tense encounter was captured on police body camera footage, showcasing the arrest of a Canadian woman by Florida deputies. The incident unfolded after the woman, stopped during a routine traffic check, allegedly provided a false identity. Inside her vehicle, authorities uncovered 12 counterfeit identification cards.
Sheriff Chad Chronister of Hillsborough County unveiled video from July 29, highlighting deputies pulling over a car in Tampa due to malfunctioning taillights and tag lights. The footage offers a detailed look at the pivotal moments of the interaction.
Identifying herself initially as “Brianna Valenzuela,” the driver, 28-year-old Bryce Swanson, informed deputies she possessed a driver’s license but conveniently left it behind, as per the official reports.
“Swanson later admitted to deputies that she neither had an ID nor ever held a legitimate driver’s license, despite earlier claims,” Sheriff Chronister shared on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The investigation of her vehicle unveiled 12 driver’s licenses all bearing her image but under various aliases and birth dates.
Authorities confirmed that Swanson is a Canadian citizen who has overstayed her visa, adding another layer to the complex legal case unfolding.
The body camera footage shows a deputy questioning Swanson about her identity after she said she was visiting Florida from New York in a rental vehicle.
“I live in New York,” Swanson said. “I’m here in Florida literally just visiting friends and stuff right now.”
The deputy pointed out she did not have any New York identification.
“Your story’s not making a lot of sense to me, right?” the deputy said. “You say you live in New York, but you don’t have any ID in New York.”
When the deputy again asked how she could live in New York without any identification, Swanson replied, “I’ve never had a driver’s license or anything like that.”
Deputies then searched the vehicle and found what investigators described as numerous fraudulent identification cards.
“All these are fake,” one deputy said in the video before placing Swanson under arrest.
Swanson was booked into the Orient Road Jail and charged with driving without a valid driver’s license and providing a false name to a law enforcement officer.
She is being held without bond because of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer, according to jail records.
Fox News Digital has reached out to ICE for comment.