State police from the Brewster barracks said they had stopped the vehicle driven by Miguel O. Melendez of Carmel because the vehicle did not have a front license plate.
Melendez was charged with criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree, a Class D felony.
Melendez was arraigned in the Town of Southeast Court and remanded to the Putnam County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond.
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