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Mistaken Identity

Another Alysa Liu loses Instagram for sharing Olympic skater's name

  • Mar 13

Man discovers he was switched at birth after sister takes DNA test

  • Apr 9, 2025
Shanice Stewart

8-year-old boy held at gunpoint by police over mistaken identity

  • Oct 25, 2023
AP

'Black Panther' director Ryan Coogler mistaken for bank robber

  • Mar 9, 2022

Daughter fatally shot when dad allegedly mistook her for intruder

  • Dec 31, 2021

Elderly couple cuffed after being mistaken for bank robbers

  • Feb 27, 2020

Grandma who texted wrong teen shares 4th Thanksgiving with him

  • Nov 30, 2019

Body cam shows what happened when Yankees GM Cashman got pulled over

  • Aug 14, 2019

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7 On Your Side helps Army vet with mistaken vehicle identification

  • Aug 12
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Nursing home worker mistaken for grand larceny suspect

  • Sep 28, 2020
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New Jersey woman gives wrong name, now innocent sister facing prostitution charge

  • Feb 4, 2019
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NJ woman's alias has innocent sister facing prostitution charge

  • Feb 4, 2019

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Yankees GM Cashman mistaken for car thief, stopped at gunpoint

Yanks GM Brian Cashman says he was forced out of his car by as many as nine police officers with their guns drawn Friday in Connecticut after the NYPD did not clear his Jeep from its stolen-car database after it was returned to him.

  • Aug 10, 2019

Lawsuit filed after wrong man taken off life support in case of mistaken identity

Two families at the center of a case of mistaken identity are taking legal action after a man was pulled off of life support by people other than his own relatives.

  • Jul 3, 2019

New Jersey woman gives wrong name, now innocent sister facing prostitution charge

After a New Jersey woman facing a prostitution charge gave police an alias, her innocent sister --who is trying to become a teacher -- is now fighting to clear her name.

  • Feb 4, 2019
KABC

Wrong text leads to special Thanksgiving tradition between grandma and teen

A grandmother and a teenager have carried on a Thanksgiving tradition that began three years ago all because of a text that was sent to the wrong person.

  • Nov 25, 2018

James Blake tackled, handcuffed by NYPD in case of mistaken identity

In a case of extreme mistaken identity, former tennis star James Blake was tackled and handcuffed by New York City police officers Wednesday outside of his hotel in midtown Manhattan.

  • Sep 10, 2015