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Driver Had $1,000 In Counterfeit Cash, Loose Pills, More, Glen Rock Police Charge Driver Had $1,000 In Counterfeit Cash, Loose Pills, More, Glen Rock Police Charge
Driver Had $1,000 In Counterfeit Cash, Loose Pills, More, Glen Rock Police Charge An unlicensed motorist driving a car with faulty lights and bogus license plates was carrying more than $1,000 in counterfeit bills when he was stopped by a Glen Rock police sergeant, authorities said. Sgt. Greg Carter stopped Erasmo J. Evangelista, 36, of Paterson on Lincoln Avenue shortly before 2 a.m. last weekend, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said A records check showed an active arrest warrant out of Riverdale, the chief said. It also turned out that besides having a suspended license, Evangelista was driving an unregistered vehicle with phony plates, Ackermann said. A justified sear…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
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
Business
NY Man Used Counterfeit Cash At 4 Lehigh Valley AutoZone Stores, Police Say NY Man Used Counterfeit Cash At 4 Lehigh Valley AutoZone Stores, Police Say
NY Man Used Counterfeit Cash At 4 Lehigh Valley AutoZone Stores, Police Say A New York man was arrested after he was caught using counterfeit cash at four different AutoZone stores throughout the Lehigh Valley, authorities said Monday. Kendel T. Sabal, 28, used counterfeit $100 bills to purchase items at AutoZone on Mountain Avenue in Hackettstown around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10, local police said. Sabal had also made purchases using the counterfeit bills at AutoZone stores in Lopatcong and Allentown, PA, Hackettstown Police said. Officers responding to the fraud report at the Mountain Avenue store met with Sabal, who was trying to return the items that were fr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More
New Milford PD: Essex Car Thieves Busted With Ski Masks, Counterfeit Cash, More A trio of Essex County 18-year-olds suspected in local car thefts were grabbed by New Milford police with ski masks, mechanics’ gloves, stolen bank checks and counterfeit money in their car before dawn Thursday, authorities said. Officer Samuel Gerais smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle after he stopped it on New Bridge Road a minute after midnight, Detective Lt. Kevin Van Saders said. The three apparently had been cruising the area, looking for cars to steal, he said. Backup Officers Mark O’Brien, Vincent Siekierski and Andrew Lignos found pot along with the other items in the car, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood PD: Robber Uses 'Letgo' App To Rob Victims Englewood PD: Robber Uses 'Letgo' App To Rob Victims
Englewood PD: Robber Uses 'Letgo' App To Rob Victims Englewood detectives charged a local man with robbing a Hackensack couple who came to town to sell an iPhone through the “Letgo” buy/sell app. Sincere Degroat, 19, was carrying an iPhone stolen during one of the robberies when Detective Sgt. Chris Kedersha and Detective Chris Quirk nabbed him in Mackay. The iPhone was stolen from a Hackensack couple on Jan. 5 after the woman, 21, listed it for sale on “Letgo” and agreed to a meeting in Englewood, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said Friday. DeGroat snatched the phone from her, “indicated he had a gun and said he would shoot them both,” Tore…

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by Jerry DeMarco