Artis L. Young biography: 13 things about Cortland, New York man

Artis L. Young of Cortland, Cortland County, New York, United States successfully passed a counterfeit $20 at A&A Mart at 155 Tompkins St. in Cortland where he bought a Red Bull energy drink at 5:45 p.m. on September 14, 2020. After paying with movie money, he received real money in his change back.

At 6:15 p.m., Young tried to buy a $100 Visa gift card at the Speedway store at 162 Tompkins St. using the counterfeit bills, which failed the pen test at the register. The cashier seized the bills and refused to give him the gift card.

From that Speedway store, Young went to another Speedway store at 110 Port Watson St. in Cortland where he tried to buy a 12-pack of Pepsi using counterfeit bills, which again failed the pen test, so the cashier seized the bills and refused to sell the item. Here are 13 more things about Young:

1. Aside from Cortland, he has lived in various parts of New York including Dryden, Hampton, Homer and Syracuse.
2. He is originally from Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
3. He went to Oscar F. Smith High School in Chesapeake, Virginia.
4. He has one son.
5. He is 1 year younger than Daryl B. Eaton and 5 years younger than Derek M. Brown. Both Eaton and Brown are also Cortland residents.
6. On April 1, 2016, he and Brown allegedly burglarized a residence on West State Road in Virgil, Cortland County while the homeowners were away and stole electronic equipment, personal documents and a small amount of cash.
7. On April 14, 2016, he and Eaton allegedly burglarized a single-family home on West Scott Road in Homer, Cortland County and stole several valuable items from the residence, which was unoccupied at the time.
8. On July 5, 2016, Cortland County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested him and Eaton and charged them with three felony counts of burglary, grand larceny, criminal mischief and one misdemeanor conspiracy charge. On the same day, the two were arraigned in Homer Town Court in Cortland and returned to jail on $10,000 cash bail.
9. On July 19, 2016, Cortland County Sheriff’s Office officers arrested him and Brown and charged them with three felony counts of burglary, grand larceny and conspiracy. The two were arraigned in Virgil Town Court in Cortland.
10. On October 20, 2016, he appeared in the Cortland County Court with his lawyer Ron Walsh and pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted burglary, a class D felony with a maximum penalty of seven years of incarceration. Judge Julie Campbell said she was willing to impose a lenient sentence on him given his “minimal contact with the criminal justice system,” the Cortland Voice quoted the judge as saying.
11. On September 14, 2020, he went to three different convenience stores in Cortland and offered cashiers counterfeit $20 bills, marked on the front and back as “Motion Picture Money.”
12. On September 22, 2020, Cortland Police Department officers arrested him while he was on parole. He pleaded not guilty to one count of misdemeanor petit larceny, two counts of attempted petit larceny and three felony counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument in the Cortland City Court.
13. He was 28 when he was remanded to the Cortland County Correctional Facility in Cortland on September 23, 2020. He was not allowed to place bail on a felony case.