After a man was spotted riding on top of a train going through Bloomfield last week, the train was stopped and several officers took off down the tracks then through the woods to catch the suspect. He was arrested, but gave officers another man’s identification and was only correctly identified through his fingerprints.

Logan Charles Cofresi, 20, of Bloomington, was arrested by Deputy Marshal Wayman JR Blazier of the Bloomfield Police Department on Wednesday, March 25. Cofresi was booked into the Greene County Jail before 8:30 p.m. However, at the time of his arrest and when he was booked in, Cofresi was using another man’s name, and it wasn’t until the next day that Cofresi was correctly identified.

Around 7 p.m. that Wednesday evening, Officer Blazier was on duty when a woman told him in person that there was a man standing on top of the Indiana Rail Road train that was going through Bloomfield.

Officer Blazier notified county dispatch and they notified the railroad and then Officer Blazier was notified that the train would be stopping. Greene County Sheriff’s Deputies Alan Jackson, Michael Coy and Jordan Allor all responded to assist Officer Blazier.

Deputy Jackson reported he located the train in the area of East Spring Street near the Greene County Jail and there was a man on top of the last train car, wearing a black hoodie and camo pants.

Indiana Railroad stopped the train just north of the overpass over State Road 54 in Bloomfield and officers made their way on foot down the tracks to look for the suspect.

Deputy Allor reported the suspect was off the train and heading into the woods near Metal Technology. When Officer Blazier arrived at Metal Tech and drove around to the back of the building, he stopped to talk to an employee who said there was a guy standing in the woodline at the end of the building.

Officer Blazier got out of his patrol vehicle and as Deputy Coy and Deputy Allor were coming out of the woods, they located the suspect with a fair amount of black grease on his hands.

The suspect was taken into custody and searched, and found to be in possession of substances identified as a controlled substance, marijuana and a smoking pipe.

Although Cofresi didn’t want to talk, he did allegedly say that he did not know it was illegal to ride on the back of a train.

Cofresi allegedly told Officer Blazier his name was Brayson Leazenby, 19, and handed the officer Leazenby’s driver’s license. Officer Blazier said Cofresi and Leazenby were of similar build and appearance and at the time, he believed Cofresi was Leazenby.

The next day, GCSD Det. Shawn Cullison determined the fingerprints of the suspect were identified as belonging to Logan Cofresi and not Leazenby. He also found there were two warrants out for the arrest of Cofresi issued out of Monroe County.

In addition, earlier that day, before Cofresi’s identity was determined, a case was filed against Leazenby with preliminary charges of possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia and unauthorized use of a railroad right-of-way.

An initial hearing was set for this past Monday, March 31, but instead of an initial hearing, a prosecutor told the judge they would be dismissing the case and would file another case with the suspect’s correct name and probably with additional charges.

Earlier today, Thursday, April 2, the new case was filed against Cofresi.

He is now facing preliminary charges of:

• Identity deception, a Level 6 felony,

• Possession of a controlled substance, a Class A misdemeanor,

• False informing resulting in substantial hindrance to a law enforcement procedure, a Class A misdemeanor,

• Unauthorized use of railroad right-of-way, a Class B misdemeanor, and

• Possession of paraphernalia, a Class C misdemeanor.

Cofresi’s bond is pending court appearance. As of late today, he’s still in jail.

Officer Blazier reported Leazenby had lost his driver’s license some time ago in Bloomington and he has been notified of the situation and advised to report a case of identity theft to his local police department.