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Florida Man Arrested With Counterfeit Cash On Jersey Shore: Police Florida Man Arrested With Counterfeit Cash On Jersey Shore: Police
Florida Man Arrested With Counterfeit Cash On Jersey Shore: Police Several stores within Jackson Premium Outlets mall called the police to report two men attempting to pass counterfeit money.  Jackson police were able to locate one of the suspects, they said. While pursuing the suspect on Tuesday, Nov. 8, police allegedly observed the suspect ripping up fake bills and throwing them to the ground. It appeared the suspect was attempting to destroy evidence, police said. The suspect was taken into custody without incident. During a search, police recovered several one-hundred-dollar bills.  The bills were confirmed to be counterfeit during the cou…

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by Jon Craig
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Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole
Feds: Counterfeiter Who Made Phony $100 Bills With Bleached Singles Gets 5 Years Without Parole A convicted counterfeiter from Philadelphia must spend the next five years in federal prison for printing $235,000 worth of fake $100 bills that he and a crew circulated in Virginia, authorities said. Hollis Forteau, 38, formerly of Willingboro, NJ, already had an extensive criminal history when federal investigators arrested him for printing Benjamin Franklin and other $100 images onto bleached dollar bills that he distributed to at least six associates. The crew members used the funny money to buy items at retail stores in Virginia, then returned the goods to other stores in the same chai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Homeland Security Agents, Local Police Bust Brick Resident, 71, With Gun Silencers Homeland Security Agents, Local Police Bust Brick Resident, 71, With Gun Silencers
Homeland Security Agents, Local Police Bust Brick Resident, 71, With Gun Silencers Federal Homeland Security agents joined Brick Township police in arresting a local man on weapons and counterfeit money charges. Lawrence Turbett, 71, was arrested at his home in the Conway Towers Housing Complex after detectives learned that a package containing a silencer was being shipped to an address in Brick, local police said. A search of his residence found the package, as well as additional silencers and an undisclosed amount of counterfeit U.S. currency, police said.  The U.S. Secret Service was notified. Turbett was charged with four counts of possession of a prohibited device…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Fake $100 Bill Passed For Gas In South Brunswick Fake $100 Bill Passed For Gas In South Brunswick
Fake $100 Bill Passed For Gas In South Brunswick A clerk at a Middlesex County gas station mistakenly accepted a phony $100 bill that was intended to be used in movies, authorities said. Police on Monday tweeted a photo of the front and back of the fake currency, which has the words -- “For Motion Picture Use Only” -- printed on both sides and reportedly was spent by an unidentified man from Montgomery. "SERIOUSLY....this is the fake $100 dollar bill a suspect passed at a local gas station," South Brunswick police posted on Twitter. South Brunswick detectives tracked down a 20-year-old Somerset County man who said he was surprised the cl…

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by Jon Craig