From: Danbury Patch
The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance today announced the arrest of a Putnam County business owner charged with multiple felonies related to the possession of 765 cartons of untaxed cigarettes.
Shelley C. Wright, 38, of 45 Grand Ave., Danbury, CT, owns Towne Centre Tobacco at 1620 Route 22 in Brewster, NY. She appeared before the Hon. Richard W. Vercollone, on Oct. 27, in the Town of Southeast Court and was arraigned on multiple counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument for possessing counterfeit tax stamps – class C felonies, as well as possession of untaxed cigarettes for the purpose of sale, and criminal tax fraud – also felonies.
