Darien police last week arrested a 27-year-old Brooklyn, New York man after an investigation with several other departments looking into counterfeit bills being used at multiple stores, including several at the Old Kings Market shopping plaza in Darien.
Police gave this account of the matter, including accusations not proven in court:
Photo from Darien P.D.
Darien P.D. arrest photo of Myles Rowley, 27, of Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, New York.
On Sept. 25, 2022, police received a report of counterfeit U.S. bills being used for money at the Stop & Shop supermarket in the shopping plaza.
Police detectives identified three male suspects, including Myles Rowley, using phony $20 bills to buy items. More counterfeit bills were used in other stores in the shopping plaza, and the suspects were thought to be passing them at other places in Connecticut and New York state.
Darien police worked with Fairfield Police, Wappingers Falls Police in New York, and the Secret Service. Matching counterfeit bills and surveillance footage tied the suspects to cases in Fairfield; Whitehall, New York; and Wappingers Falls, New York.
Darien police applied for and received an arrest warrant for Rowley from state Superior Court in Stamford, and on Feb. 18, 2025, detectives took Rowley into custody at Riker’s Island in New York and brought to the Darien Police Headquarters.
Rowly was charged with two counts of first-degree forgery, and one count each of conspiracy to commit first-degree forgery, first-degree larceny and conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny. He was released after paying a $50,000 court-set bond, and told to appear March 7 in the Stamford court.