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Posted: Feb 18, 2024 / 09:15 AM EST

Updated: Feb 18, 2024 / 09:15 AM EST

ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. — A woman was arrested on Saturday after she tried to purchase beer and a lottery ticket with counterfeit money, according to the Roanoke Rapids Police Department.

Master Officer N. Powell responded to a retail business on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway around 9 p.m. on Saturday. A worker at the store informed the police about a female customer attempting to use a counterfeit bill.

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The officer arrived and found the suspect, identified as Mary Ellen Broady, 66, from Gaston, seated in her vehicle on the premises. Investigation revealed that she had tried to purchase a lottery ticket and some beer using counterfeit money.

Consequently, Master Officer Powell arrested Broady and charged her with uttering a forged instrument and attempted acquisition of property under false pretense.

Due to two pending court cases in which Broady was already under bond for in the Pretrial Release Act of 2023, she was placed in the Halifax County Detention Center without bond. She will appear in court on Thursday.

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