Suspect used bogus bills at Hamptons 7-Eleven, police say
Suffolk County Crime Stoppers and Southampton Town Police detectives have released a surveillance image of a person they are seeking in connection with an attempt to use counterfeit cash at the 7-Eleven on Mill Road in Westhampton on May 15, 2017. Credit: SCPD
A suspect wanted for using counterfeit cash at a Westhampton 7-Eleven earlier this month was hardly inconspicuous.
A Crime Stoppers flier listed the suspect only as a woman, but photos released by Suffolk County and Southampton Town police show a suspect with close-cropped bright red hair, a black headband, a gray one-piece over dark-colored leggings and a powder-blue hoodie.
Police said the suspect handed 11 $10 bills to the cashier at the 7-Eleven on Mill Road at about 6 a.m. on May 15, but fled the scene in a silver BMW when the cashier determined them to be counterfeit, police said.
Police are now asking anyone who recognizes the suspect to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-8477.
All calls will be kept confidential.
John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”
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