Moon Area High School student apprehended after trying to commit identity theft

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) A Moon Area High School student was apprehended after trying to commit identity theft. According to detectives in Moon Township, eighteen-year-old Michael Farabaugh broke into a neighbor’s house and stole some personal items. Police confirm that Farabaugh tried to use the identities of the family of the house to open ten different accounts of credit cards. Farabaugh is in the Allegheny County Jail and faces charges including forgery, fraud and identity theft.