On 12/30/2024, the Emerson Detective Bureau received a report that an unknown suspect paid for merchandise with counterfeit $100 bills from a local liquor on three separate occasions. The incident was investigated by Detective T. McDermott, and who was able to positively identify a suspect as a 24-year-old male from Staten Island, NY. The absentee defendant was charged accordingly on a complaint summons and was issued a pending court appearance date in the Emerson Municipal Court.
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