Couple Tried to Buy Cigarettes in Westport with Fake Credit Cards: Cops

Westport, CT - A New York couple were arrested by Westport police last week after the pair allegedly tried to buy a large quantity of cigarettes with a fake credit card.

Arrested were Geraldy Beraud, 23, of Saint Albans, NY, and Aliyah Somerville, also 23, of Rosedale, NY. Police said the two tried to buy the cigarettes at about 7 p.m. on June 9 from the Exxon gas station at 1510 Post Road East. 

During the transaction, the store clerk recognized the pair because they allegedly tried the same thing the week before at the same station.

The two fled before police arrived, but officers found them a short while later at the nearby Shake Shack restaurant also on the Post Road East. 

"Officers located the suspects, Geraldy Beraud and Aliyah Somerville, inside the restaurant," wrote Lt. David Farrell in a statement. "Officers then located several credit cards with Beraud’s and Somerville’s names on them in the Shake Shack bathroom garbage. These cards were determined to be fraudulent. Officers also located over 20 cartons of stolen cigarettes in the trunk of the vehicle."

Both were charged with:

• Unlawful Completion / Reproduction of Credit Card
• Tampering with Evidence
• Credit Card Counterfeiting / Forgery
• Conspiracy to Commit Credit Card Counterfeiting
• Conspiracy to Commit Unlawful Reproduction of Credit Card
• Conspiracy to Commit Tampering with Evidence

The two were released after posting bonds and are scheduled to appear in Norwalk Superior Court on June 20.