Woman Runs After Trying to Use Fake Cash: Cops

Police have arrested the woman who tried to pay with a counterfeit $100 bill at a Big Lots store in Milford, then ran from officers who arrived to take her into custody.

According to police, 22-year-old Christina Kipp, of Queens, New York, tried to use the counterfeit cash at Big Lots on Turnpike Square in Milford on Thursday afternoon.

Police chased Kipp and took her into custody. Authorities contacted the Secret Service after confirming that the bill was fake and learned that police in New York City also had an outstanding warrant for Kipp's arrest, according to Milford police.

Kipp has been charged in Milford with interfering with police, breach of peace, first-degree forgery and criminal attempt at sixth-degree larceny. Her bond was set at $100,000.

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