A suspected counterfeiter from West Bloomfield was arrested and jailed recently on a felony charge.

Deago Harrell, 19, is facing one count of uttering and publishing counterfeit bills or notes following his arrest on Sept. 3 by detectives with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and members of the Southwest Oakland Special Response Team. He was taken into custody at a home in the 7800 block of Timberlane Trail, officials said, where a search turned up stolen checks, financial documents and personal information of victims, stolen mail and driver’s licenses, counterfeit currency, firearms, ammunition, laptop computers, cell phones, a credit card reader/decoder and more, police said.

Harrell is held in the Oakland County Jail with bond set at $75,000 cash/surety. He’s scheduled to return t

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