3 Men Caught Trying To Use Fraudulent Credit Cards In Franklin Lakes: Police

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. - Three Brooklyn men were charged with identity theft after police caught them trying to use fraudulently manufactured credit cards at a Chase Bank branch Wednesday, police said.

Police said that Travis Dickson, 21, Terrell Clarkson, 20, and Khalid Brown, 20, tried using the cards several times to withdraw cash at the bank Wednesday morning before 9 a.m., said Detective Lt. James Bakelaar. They found the men at the bank after receiving a report of suspicious activity, police said.

Dickson, Clarkson, and Brown were each charged with fraudulent use of credit cards, fraudulently obtaining a credit card, and identity theft, the lieutenant said. Clarkson was also charged with providing false information to a police officer.

The men were remanded to the Bergen County Jail on $25,000 bail each, Bakelaar said.

Pictured, from left: Travis Dickson, Khalid Brown, and Terrell Clarkson/Franklin Lakes Police Department