Two men are facing charges after using fake credit cards to buy $12,400 worth of gift cards at Macy’s in Milford, then fighting with employees who became suspicious, police.
According to police, Charles Hamilton and Akeem Henry, both 26, showed up at the Macy’s store at 1201 Boston Post Road in Milford on Dec. 22 and purchased 31 Macy’s gift cards.
Store workers suspected the suspects of using fraudulent credit cards and called the police, at which point one suspect grew “combative” and bit an employee on the hand, police said.
Officers arrived at the store and took both suspects into custody. They were each charged with second-degree larceny, conspiracy to commit second-degree larceny, illegal use of a credit card, credit card theft, credit card fraud and unlawful reproduction of a credit card.
Hamilton, of Tampa, Florida, was also charged with four counts of third-degree forgery and one count of third-degree robbery.
Henry, of New York City, was charged with seven counts of third-degree forgery.
Both men were held on $250,000 bond and were due in court Tuesday.
