​Greenburgh Men Accused Of Passing Phony $100 Bills

GREENBURGH, NY — Westchester County Police accused two Greenburgh men of using counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases at businesses in Mount Kisco. About 10:40 a.m. Sunday, police said the two men entered a store on South Moger Avenue and attempted to make a small purchase with a $100 bill.

When the owner used a device to check the legitimacy of the bill, the men ran out of the store. The store owner then notified Westchester County Police.

As county police patrol officers canvassed the area for the suspects, a member of another police agency working in the Real Time Crime Center broadcast a description of a vehicle that the suspects might be using. Further investigation found that the suspect vehicle was possibly in the parking lot at Target on North Bedford Road.

Patrol officers staked out the vehicle and took both suspects into custody when they returned to the car. Several counterfeit bills were found in their possession, police said.

Subsequently it was determined that the men had used phony $100 bills to make purchases at Target and Stop N Shop on North Bedford Road and at another store on South Moger Avenue.

Commissioner Thomas A. Gleason commended the store owner who promptly alerted police to the fraud attempt at his shop.

“The timely notification from this business owner enabled us to immediately begin to search for these suspects," he said. "The great teamwork between Patrol Officers and Real Time Crime led to these arrests.”

Shaquille McLean, 24, and Andrew Holt, 25, both of Greenburgh, were charged with multiple counts of first-degree possession of a forged instrument, a felony. They were released on their own recognizance pending a May 7 appearance in Mount Kisco Justice Court.

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