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INCIDENT: Arre s t s DATE/TIME: Marc h 24 , 20 1 4 , 00 1 9 LOCATION: Rock vill e Cen tr e ITEM: 01

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arr e s t s for Crimin al Po s s e s s i o n of a Forg e d Ins tru m e n t th a t occ u rr e d on Marc h 24, 20 1 4 in Rock vill e Cen tr e . Acc or di n g to d e t e c t i v e s , on Marc h 23 , 20 1 4 d ef e n d a n t s Ram e l

Epp s , 23, of 37 Elm Str e e t , Fre e p o r t an d Fred e ri c k Barr e t t , 31 , of 13 4 Lon g Be a c h Roa d , He m p s t e a d alo n g with tw o (2) fe m a l e s (n o t ye t

arr e s t e d ) , en t e r e d CVS 59 8 Merrick Roa d an d ma d e purc h a s e s co u n t e r f e i t $1 0 0 dollar bills . d ef e n d a n t s en t e r e d

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ite m s usi n g ad di ti o n a l cou n t e r f e i t $1 0 0 dollar bills .

th e st or e rec o g n i z e d th e m e n an d call e d Rock vill e Cen tr e polic e . d ef e n d a n t s w er e arr e s t e d w er e with o u t incid e n t . Su b s e q u e n t to ha v e

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dollar bills in th e ir po s s e s s i o n . Def e n d a n t Epp s is ch ar g e d with 31 cou n t s of Crimin a l Po s s e s s i o n of a Forg e d Instr u m e n t . Def e n d a n t co u n t s of Crimin al Po s s e s s i o n on Tue s d a y , Marc h Barr e t t is bei n g ch ar g e d Ins tr u m e n t . at First with 19

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