NJ Man Charged in Candy-Selling Con

A New Jersey man was busted by Greenwich Police on charges he was selling candy in what turned out to be a bogus fund-raising effort.

Police were summoned to the CVS on Greenwich Avenue about 4:30 p.m. Oct. 16 on a report of a man selling candy to benefit the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. According to a report, "the investigation determined that the subject was selling for his own benefit and not for the Boys and Girls Club." The suspect also is accused of giving police a false name and signing the false name to police documents.

Malik Naseem Abdul Rourk, 30 of Jersey City, NJ, was charged with soliciting without a tax stamp, soliciting without a permit, interfering with an officer and 2nd-degree forgery. He held in lieu of $5,000 bond and scheduled to appear Oct. 24 in state Superior Court in Stamford.