ROCKLAND (AP) — Police say a Rockland man lied and forged documents in an attempt to get welfare benefits they say he needed to pay a delinquent $1,000 electric bill.

Police said Thursday that 26- year- old Jeremy Wadsworth went to the general assistance office at Rockland City Hall in an attempt to get money, falsifying information on his written application and forging a rent receipt to support the lies he made on the application.

He has been charged with forgery.

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