Crime & Safety

NorthJersey.com: Kinnelon Man Charged With Using Counterfeit Money in Riverdale

Police said man also had a mini revolver and "Rambo" cutting knife in possession.

Riverdale police arrested a 32-year-old Kinnelon man Monday after police said he allegedly used counterfeit $20 bills to make purchases at Best Buy, on Route 23 North. Peter Kucera had allegedly spent $140 on Sunday in fake bills on a dvd player and had left the store before the Best Buy employees had noticed the bills were fake.

NorthJersey.com first reported the story, which also states that Kucera was found in possession of a mini-revlover and "Rambo" cutting knife. Riverdale police went to Kucera's Kinnelon home, where $100 more of counterfeit money was allegedly found, as well as $160 in counterfeit bills on his person, and he was arrested and charged with two counts of forgery, criminal simulation and possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose.

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