Hoboken Police Arrest Four in ShopRite Forgery Case

Police in Hoboken said they arrested four men last week on charges they attempted to buy thousand of dollars in gift cards with counterfeit funds at a local ShopRite grocery.

The suspects, Shaquan McPherson, 19, of Jersey City; Willie Harris, 45, of the Bronx; Kashmere Davis, 20, of the Bronx and Davaughn Hopson, 27, of Jersey City were charged with forgery, police said. McPherson was also charged with possession of marijuana.

McPherson was nabbed after he attempted to buy the gift cards at the ShopRite of Hoboken, at 900 Madison Street on the evening of January 16, police said. A manager at the store, where there have been several incidents involving counterfeit money or stolen credit cards, alerted police and an officer observed the suspect enter a Nissan Maxima, with New York license plates and the headlights turned off, according to Sgt. Edgardo Cruz.

The car was later stopped at 5th and Monroe Streets, and Patrick McNamara, the officer at the scene, met with three other officers at the intersection. Police say McPherson showed the officer $90 in cash, including three $20 bills with the same serial number and three $10 bills, with two of the three bills with different serial numbers.

The bills also had no security strip, according to Cruz. Police said another eight $100 bills were recovered with the same serial number and a fake $20 bill.

Harris was issued a summons for operating with no headlights.