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On Saturday, June 8, the Southampton Town Police Department arrested Jan-Carel A. Van-Heyningen, 24, and Claudia V. Strzesak,18, both of Shirley, after receiving a complaint from the victim at the Hampton Bays Marnia, said Southhampton Police Department Lt. Susan Ralph.
According to Ralph, the victim told police that Van-Heyningen and Strzesak allegedly used counterfeit $100 bills, totaling $5,000 to buy two used 200HP Yamaha boat engines.
The victim did not realize the bills were counterfeit until the pair had left with the boat engines.
An investigation led detectives to a Shirley neighborhood where both Van-Heyningen and Strzesak were located along with the stolen boat engines, Ralph said.
The Detective Division, aided by the Southampton Town Community Response Unit, took the pair into custody and recovered the proceeds.
Both Van-Heyningen and Strzesak were charged with one count of grand larceny and criminal possession of a forged instrument.
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