Police: Man tried to pass fake $100 bill
An employee at a Farmingdale plumbing supply store spotted a fake $100 bill and called 911, leading to a customer's arrest, Nassau police said.
Nassau County police said Dion Atkinson offered the fake C-note for payment at Davidson Plumbing Supply on Fulton Avenue.
Atkinson, 23, of 249th Street in Rosedale, was charged with five counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the incident at the plumbing supply house at 2:14 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
Police said those charges followed an investigation by a Crimes Against Property Squad detective and a U.S. Secret Service agent, who determined Atkinson had used counterfeit $100 bills to buy items from area businesses three times before.
Atkinson was scheduled for arraignment Wednesday in First District Court in Hempstead.
Police had previously given a wrong name for Atkinson.
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