2 arrests made in passing of counterfeit currency

Published July 12, 2012 8:36pm ET



OCEAN CITY, Md. (AP) — Ocean City Police have charged two men with manufacturing and passing counterfeit currency.

Nineteen-year-old Deontrae Bailey of Pocomoke and 21-year-old Quincy Williams of Norfolk, Va., are charged with manufacturing counterfeit currency, theft and other offenses. Each is being held on $10,000 bond.

Bailey and Williams were arrested July 9 by Fruitland police and turned over to Ocean City police.

Authorities have recovered several thousand dollars in counterfeit currency linked to Bailey and Williams.