{"id":187656,"date":"2026-04-06T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187656\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:48:13","slug":"after-fake-bills-passed-at-cvs-on-mamaroneck-ave-the-trail-leads-to-the-bronx-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/187656\/","title":{"rendered":"After Fake Bills Passed At CVS On Mamaroneck Ave., The Trail Leads To The Bronx: Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MAMARONECK, NY \u2014 The Village of Mamaroneck Police Department has announced an investigation into a counterfeit currency incident that escalated into a police pursuit and ended with an arrest in the Bronx.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-york\/newrochelle\/2-suspects-arrested-connection-shootout-heritage-homes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2 Suspects Arrested In Connection To Shootout At Heritage Homes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On March 10, officers responded to the CVS located on Mamaroneck Ave., after receiving a report of two suspects attempting to pass counterfeit money. At the scene, officers saw two men exiting the store and entering a gray Nissan sedan. When officers attempted to stop the car, the driver intentionally struck a marked police vehicle and sped away, according to cops.<\/p>\n<p>The pursuit was terminated in the interest of public safety, VMPD said.<\/p>\n<p>Detectives, however, continued the investigation, reviewing surveillance footage, analyzing license plate information,<br \/>and coordinating with NYPD. The suspect&#8217;s vehicle was eventually traced to a recent purchase through a dealership.<\/p>\n<p>Police said database analysis, and coordination with probation authorities, led to the identification of one of the suspects, 36-year-old Shakir S. Cole, of the Bronx. Investigators learned the he had prior involvement in counterfeit currency-related cases, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>On March 31, members of the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department made a visit to Bronx County Probation, where Cole was taken into custody during a scheduled probation appointment. He was taken to Village of Mamaroneck Police Department headquarters for processing.<\/p>\n<p>Cole was criminally charged, processed, and released on his own recognizance following arraignment, police said.<br \/>He is scheduled to appear in the Village of Mamaroneck Court on Apr. 16.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This investigation highlights the Village of Mamaroneck Police Department&#8217;s commitment to thorough investigative work, officer safety, and collaboration with partner agencies to bring offenders to justice,&#8221; the department said in a statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MAMARONECK, NY \u2014 The Village of Mamaroneck Police Department has announced an investigation into a counterfeit currency incident&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":{"0":"post-187656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-the-bronx","13":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","14":"tag-the-bronx-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}