Prosecutors have charged him with multiple felonies. First, credit card fraud and receiving stolen property. At the same time, it was charged for identity theft and vehicle theft. Not at last, he was in possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. When he was arrested, Halaweh was was pulled over the Sonoma car. He had as a passenger another teenager, Nhimia Kahsay, 19, of Santa Rosa. He was arrested and could face charges on outstanding fraud warrants. Halaweh is not at his first infraction with credit cards. In March, he used a fake credit card to try to buy 14 iPhones and two laptop computers at an Apple Store in Berkeley. Both were arrested by the police without incident.
