CORTLANDVILLE, NY – We get it. The rise in gas prices is too much to bear for most Americans but passing counterfeit bills to pay for $5 per gallon gas is more of a crime than the price itself.
On Wednesday New York State Police troopers based out of Homer arrested Anthony J. Fenton, age 36 of Cortlandville, NY for the class “C” felony of Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument in the first degree.
“A trooper was dispatched to a report that a man attempted to use a fake bill at the Kwik Fill in the town of Cortlandville. The trooper located Fenton who matched the description of the suspect. While interviewing Fenton the trooper discovered that Fenton was in possession of six fake $100 bills,” police reported.
Fenton was arrested and processed at SP Homer. He was then transported to the Cortland County Jail for arraignment.
“If you’re not careful enough, you could accept these as real currency but they are in fact fake,” police later said.