Counterfeit Bills Passed At Darien Businesses, Arrest Made: PD

DARIEN, CT — A Brooklyn, New York man is being held in lieu of a $50,000 bond after police say he passed counterfeit bills at a local business back in 2017 and a warrant was recently served in the case. He has been charged with numerous larceny and forgery offenses.

Police said back in November of 2017, police were called to Gofer Ice Cream shop at 1020 Post Road for the report of attempts to use counterfeit $50 bills. It would later be determined that attempts had been made at 1020 Post, which shares a building with Gofer, police said.

In Gofer, three men ordered an ice cream paying with a $50 bill, police said. The men were each given their change and left, police said. A short time later the bills were identified as being counterfeit, two of them having the same serial number, police added.

At 1020 Post, a man in his 20’s entered the restaurant and sat at the bar, police said. Shortly after, two additional men entered and sat down next to him, police said. Each of the three men ordered a drink and paid separately using a $50 bill, receiving change back, police said. All three men left.

After accepting the bills, the bartender became suspicious of the currency, police said. Upon further inspection, two of the bills had the same serial number, police said. A suspect was later identified via investigation.

The suspect, Amenaghaw Simms, 24, could be seen on surveillance footage provided by the
victimized establishments, police said. An arrest warrant for Simms was applied for, and granted, police said.

On May 23, 2019 Darien Police were notified by the New York State Police that Simms was in their custody. On June 4, Darien detectives took custody of Simms in Kings County Criminal Court in NY. He was transported back to Darien where he is charged with six counts of second-degree larceny, six counts of conspiracy to commit second-degree larceny and six counts of first-degree forgery.