Location: 18809 Coastal Highway, Anchorage Motel, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Date of Occurrence: Saturday January 21, 2012 at 8:55 p.m.
Defendant, Charges, and Bail Information:
Tara E. Faulkner, 34, of Milford, DE (Photo Attached)
Forgery First Degree (Possession of Counterfeit Money) 18 counts
Arraigned at JP3 and committed to Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on $1,800.00 secured bail
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Rehoboth Beach, DE- The Delaware State Police have arrested a women who was in possession of counterfeit money.
The incident occurred on January 21, 2012 at approximately 8:55 p.m. when Troopers were dispatched to the Anchorage Motel in Rehoboth to check on the welfare of a male subject. Upon arriving at the motel, Troopers met with the male subject who claimed Tara Faulkner, 34, had just given him counterfeit money during a recent sale of a television.
Through the investigation, Troopers were able to determine the $360.00, which was all $20.00 bills, was counterfeit due to the size, texture, color, and all bills contained the same serial number.
Faulkner was arrested and transported back to Troop 7 where she arraigned at JP3 for 18 counts of Forgery First Degree and committed to WCI on $1,800.00 secured bail.
The public is encouraged to learn how to detect counterfeit money by going to the following website established by the U.S. Secret Service: http://www.secretservice.gov/money_detect.shtml
If anyone has any information in reference to counterfeit money, they are asked to contact their local Troop or Police agency or Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333. Information may also be provided via the internet at www.tipsubmit.com
2 comments:
Wonder if she paid her $1800.00 secured bail with her "funny money"?
Who buys a television from some guy living in a motel? My guess it came in a bag.
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