(Long Island, NY) The Nassau County Police Department has arrested a Hempstead man for Possession of a Forged Instrument on Monday, February 10, 2014 at 4:20 P.M. in West Hempstead.
According to detectives, on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Trevor Lawry, 28, of 171 Pierson Avenue, Hempstead presented an employee at Rite Aid Pharmacy a forged prescription. He was placed under arrest at Nassau Boulevard and Hawthorne Street at which time he was found to be in possession of 2 baggies of Methamphetamine (Molly).
According to Nassau County detectives, Trevor Lawry, 28, of Hempstead presented a forged prescription. He was placed under arrest at Nassau Boulevard and Hawthorne Street where he was also found to be in possession of 2 baggies of Methamphetamine (Molly). File photo by Christopher Boyle.
Lawry is charged with Possession of a Forged Instrument 2nd degree and Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance and will be arraigned on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at First District Court in Hempstead.
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