Friday, April 11, 2008

Long Island man busted for trying to post bail with counterfeit $50

Police say it was no surprise a fake $50 bill got a Long Island man arrested: He was trying to use it to pay his bail on a traffic charge.

The transaction compounded Cyheam Forney's legal problems and landed him in jail.

Police say they spotted the 31-year-old Forney making an illegal left turn on Thursday and discovered his license had been suspended.

Forney was arrested on a misdemeanor suspended license charge _ until officers said he proffered the counterfeit currency as bail money. He was being held early Friday on a felony charge of possessing a forged instrument.

No telephone number could be found for Forney at the address police had for him, and they didn't know whether he had a lawyer.

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