Crime & Safety

Woman Wanted For Using Fake $100 Bill In Melville

The woman was caught on surveillance video making a purchase with counterfeit currency last month.

Police are looking to identify the woman who used fake cash at a Melville bakery last month.

According to police, the woman used a fake $100 bill to make a purchase at Emilia’s Bakehouse, located at 664 Walt Whitman Road, at 2:10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8.

She is seen on surveillance video removing counterfeit currency from a white envelope that was inside her bag.

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