TOWN OF ULSTER – A Passaic, New Jersey man was committed to the Ulster County Jail on Tuesday after an investigation into the fraudulent purchase of a cell phone and service.
Ulster Town Police said Franklyn Martinez, 25, used a forged New Jersey driver’s license as identification to obtain a cell phone and service from the AT&T store on Ulster Avenue in the Town of Ulster.
Martinez was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument as felonies and one count of criminal impersonation as a misdemeanor. He was placed in the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail or $10,000 bond.
The investigation is continuing and more charges are possible, police said.
