Mark Conrad Rendina fancies himself a Star Wars Jedi knight, rocketing to the rescue of planets and princesses. At least that's how the 33-year-old UNC Chapel Hill grad student portrayed himself on his Web site.
So you can imagine his surprise when he was arrested at Raleigh-Durham International Airport in May and charged with stealing his former UNC mentor's identity. Obi Wan Kenobi never had to put up with that kind of humiliation.
Prosecutors say The Force isn't with Rendina. In fact, they have accused him of attempting to morph into Walker Long, an award-winning researcher who advised Rendina on his master's thesis in public health and collaborated with …
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