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JB Pet Supply summoned Oakland police Monday after Lochard tried passing a phony $20 bill, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said.
Soon after, Eldridge said, he spotted him walking on Ramapo Valley Road.
Lochard was arrested by Detective Mark Piercy after giving police a false date of birth, the lieutenant said.
A search produced $970 in counterfeit tens and twenties, along with receipts from what turned out to be seven transactions made with phony money.
Lochard was arrested this past Dec. 18 by Haworth police who said they found him carrying counterfeit bills when they responded to a report of a disruptive patron at a local sushi restaurant.
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SEE: The Secret Service is investigating several hundred dollars in counterfeit bills that Haworth police said they found on a Fairview man awaiting trial on charges of forgery, money laundering and making false threats.
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A judge ordered him released hours later under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform law.
Oakland police on Monday charged Lochard with seven counts each of forgery and theft by deception, as well as money laundering and hindering his arrest.
They sent him to the Bergen County Jail, where he remained Tuesday pending a detention hearing.
Lt. Timothy Keenan, Sgt. Ryan O’Keefe and Officer Donald Harvey assisted in the investigation, Eldridge said.
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