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LI Man Accused Of Passing Phony Money -- For Bail

MELVILLE, N.Y. (AP) ― Police say it was no surprise a bogus $50 bill got a Long Island man arrested—he was trying to use it to pay his bail on a traffic charge.

The transaction compounded Cyheam Forney's legal problems and landed him in jail.

Police say they spotted the 31-year-old Forney making an illegal left turn in Melville Thursday and soon discovered his license had been suspended.

Forney was arrested on a misdemeanor suspended license charge—until officers said he proffered the counterfeit currency as bail money. He was being held early Friday on a felony charge of possessing a forged instrument.

No telephone number could be found for Forney at the Wyandanch address police had for him, and they didn't know whether he had a lawyer.

(© 2008 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

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