Pocomoke Police Confiscate $1k in Fake Bills at Walmart, Arrest Suspects

POCOMOKE CITY — The Walmart Supercenter in Pocomoke City was the target of a counterfeit scheme that also victimized stores in Fruitland. Two suspects are behind bars for the crimes.

Mary Guirand of Stanford, Conn., and Antwan Freeman of Dover were arrested on a warrant by Pocomoke police after investigators recovered $1,100 in fake bills allegedly used by the suspects to make Walmart purchases.

According to police, a suspect was seen on video surveillance purchasing an iPad at the Pocomoke Walmart, while a second suspect was filmed purchasing other items and receiving change back. Both suspects paid for merchandise with fake $100 bills, police said.

Police investigators, called by store management to examine the currency, recovered the fake bills and learned that merchandise purchased in Pocomoke had been returned for cash at stores in Fruitland. Police did not name the Fruitland businesses.

Both Guirand and Freeman remained behind bars late Friday.

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