2 Busted Passing Counterfeit $100 Bills, Says Greenwich PD

GREENWICH, CT — Two Brooklyn, NY people were arrested on multiple charges Wednesday after they allegedly tried to pass counterfeit $100 bills at Saks Fifth Avenue on Greenwich Avenue, according to police.

Officers were called to the store just after 1 p.m., but the two suspects had left. Working with store security personnel who provided surveillance video, Greenwich officers were able to determine what the two suspects looked like and soon found them in another store nearby.

Arrested were 22-year-olds Justis Armanii Black and Shaquary Bryant. Both were charged with:

• First-degree forgery
• Sixth-degree larceny
• Conspiracy to commit sixth-degree larceny

Black was additionally charged with interfering with an officer for allegedly giving police a fake name, and illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, a stun gun found in the driver's side door compartment.

Both were held in lieu of bail, which they were unable to post, and are scheduled to appear in Stamford Superior Court on Aug. 1.

The case is the latest where people have passed fake money in Greenwich; last month counterfeit bills were passed at one of the Greenwich Post Offices, but a suspect has not yet been arrested in connection with that incident.

In May, the department even issued a warning for local businesses to be on the lookout for such crimes.

Photo 1: Justis Armanii Black; Photo 2: Shaquary Bryant. Photo credit: Greenwich Police Department

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