A Brooklyn man was arrested Friday and charged with using phony credit cards to purchase more than $17,000 in merchandise from a Freeport clothing store and other businesses in the area, police said.

Lenys Coss-Osoria, 36, of 373 2nd St., was charged with third degree grand larceny, and 8 counts of second degree possession of a forged instrument.

Coss-Osoria used re-encoded credit cards to purchase material from the TJ Maxx outlet at 256 E. Sunrise Hwy., and other Marmaxx Group stores dating back to at least February 2011, Nassau detectives said.

He was to be arraigned Saturday in First District Court, Hempstead, police said.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses. Credit: Randee Dadonna

Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.

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