Before we begin, let's just be clear: unless you are a stripper underwear≠wallet. We clear? Good. Anyways, if you're a fan of stories about bumbling criminal duos, today was your day. On top of those dishonorable Chinatown burglars comes the following tale of the two foolish counterfeiters in Midtown who just didn't know when to stop.
Last Thursday police officers pulled over Michael Lewis and Orville Stacy, both 24, for questioning when they noticed the duo popping through four stores in quick succession, each time buying small-ticket itmes (gum, chips, a protein bar) with twenties that Lewis was keeping in his underwear. So they asked to see the dough, and, upon further inspection found that the cash in Lewis' pants was junk. He allegedly was carrying 25 incorrectly colored bills, all missing watermarks. Oops?
It remains unclear how they got the counterfeits in the first place, but for their shopping spree the pair managed to pick up a handful of charges, including criminal possession of a forged instrument.
Moral of the story? It is a good idea to spend your fake dough in multiple locations. But it is a bad idea to do so in multiple locations near each other in quick order. Also? Underwear≠wallet.
