Crime & Safety
Man Arrested For Fake $50 Bill In Aberdeen: Police
A getaway driver was also arrested for outstanding warrants in Wall and Union.
ABERDEEN, NJ-- A Roselle man was arrested for using a fake $50 bill at an Aberdeen restaurant, police said.
Richard Rivers, 51, attempted to use a counterfeit $50 at an Aberdeen restaurant in Nov. 1. An employee notified police that the bill was fake, and that Rivers was getting into a car to leave the restaurant.
Police stopped Rivers, who was a passenger, and the driver, Matej Halas, 31. Rivers was arrested, as was Halas, who was wanted on contempt warrants from Wall and Union courts.
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The United States Secret Service assisted in the investigation.
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