Fill out this form to email this article to a friend
Money doesn't fill the bill at car parts stores
Police say Kareem Miles used counterfeit money to buy car parts.
By JACOB H. FRIES
Published September 14, 2005
LARGO - The scheme was simple enough. Buy $600 worth of car parts with counterfeit money, take them to another store and return the parts for real cash.
Kareem Miles, 23,bought the parts Monday at Advance Auto Parts at 4260 East Bay Drive , said Largo police Detective James Monahan.
Later, he appeared at the Advance Auto Parts on U.S. 19 in Clearwater. He told the clerk he didn't need the parts anymore and said he wanted cash back , the detective said.
The store didn't have enough cash , and the cashier told Miles he would have to return to the Largo location. He did.
This time, the store manager saw that the serial numbers on the bills were all the same. He called police who took Miles into custody.
Miles was charged with uttering forged instruments and dealing in stolen property. He was being held in the Pinellas County Jail in lieu of $10,000 bail.
[Last modified September 14, 2005, 02:15:34]
Share your thoughts on this story
|
News
Fifty years ago, they were screwed-up kids sent to the Florida School for Boys to be straightened out. But now they are screwed-up men, scarred by the whippings they endured. Read the story and see a video and portrait gallery.
Print
Email story
Comment
Email editor
