Crime & Safety
Busted at Best Buy for Fake ID, Credit: Police
A 25-year-old alleged to have opened a store account at the Best Buy in West Nyack to charge $3,700 in merchandise is now in County Jail.
Clarkstown police arrested a 25-year-old for purchasing merchandise using a store credit card she had obtained using fraudulent identification.
At 1:20 p.m. May 24 the Clarkstown Police Department responded to a report of possible fraud at the Best Buy Store located at the Palisades Mall in West Nyack.
Akuudo Petrie of Brooklyn, NY attempted to purchase merchandise by opening a credit card account using a South Carolina driver’s license, police said.
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The amount of her purchase was $3,700.
After a brief investigation police determined that Petrie had a fraudulent driver’s license as well as a fraudulent credit card. She was arrested and charged with criminal possession of forged instrument 2nd (felony), identity theft 2nd (felony) and grand larceny 3rd(felony).
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Petrie was arraigned in Clarkstown Justice Court. She was sent to the Rockland County Jail without bail. She is due to return to court on May 27.
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