Three charged with having counterfeit money

Published 11:49 am Friday, March 15, 2019

SALISBURY — Three people were arrested for possession of counterfeit money early Friday morning.

Officers with the Salisbury Police Department pulled over a 2018 Nissan Altima at Tractor Supply. They asked the driver, Darren Cyrus Alade, 25, of Pennsylvania, for permission to search the car.

Officers found two counterfeit $100 bills in the glove compartment and blank paper similar in texture to the counterfeit bills.

Two passengers — a man and a woman — also were arrested after refusing to give identification.

The three were also charged with resisting, delaying or obstructing a public officer. They are being held at the Rowan County Detention Center under $25,000 bond each.

In other Salisbury Police Department reports:

• A man dropped his pants and exposed himself in the swimsuit section of Walmart on Thursday.

• Qwanisha Rebecca K. Lark, 23, was charged Tuesday with felony possession of a controlled substance Schedule II.

• Robert Lee West, 48, of Salisbury, was charged Thursday with misdemeanor communicating threats and possession of Schedule IV controlled substance.