Cops: Trio Used Dozens of Phony Credit Cards to Buy Gift Cards at Target

What’s the saying? Déjà vu all over again?

For Washington Township Police Officers it must have felt that way Thursday afternoon when they apprehended three men from New York for allegedly using phony credit cards to buy gift cards from the Target Department Store on Route 46 - a situation almost identical to arrests made earlier this week.

Officer Derek Heymer responded to the store at 5:08 p.m. Sept. 10 for a report of several subjects attempting to used fraudulent credit cards to purchase items, Lt. Doug Compton said.

During a field investigation, Heymer found dozens of fictitious credit cards in their possession and allegedly used them to purchase thousands of dollars in gift cards from the store, Compton said.

Also during the investigation, a small amount of marijuana was found on the trio.

The three men, identified as Tavell Miller, 22; Amir Alcindor, 20; and Jacquies Maurice, 26, all of Brooklyn, New York, were all charged with conspiracy to commit credit card fraud, fraudulent use of a credit card, theft of a credit card, and possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana. Each was lodged in Morris County Correctional Facility in lieu of $25,000 bail.

The arrests come just two days after another trio of out of state men attempted to do the same thing. Find out more about that incident here.