Police say a wild fight broke out on West 179th Street at 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon after Kevin Hernandez, 49, and his 18-year-old son Joseph tried to buy five pounds of weed from two dealers in a McDonald's near the George Washington Bridge. The Post reports that when the pair tried to pay for the herb with $3,500 in (probably pretty obviously) counterfeit cash, the dealers bounced. But the Hernandezes didn't appreciate this one bit, and proceeded to chase them down West 179th Street, where the father allegedly stabbed one of the dealers in the hand.
A Port Authority police officer, on routine patrol at the bus station, witnessed the episode and arrested the stabbed dealer on drug possession after the 5-pound heft was found in his car. The other fled the scene. The father and son, found with the 35 counterfeit $100 bills in question, were arrested on charges of assault and criminal possession of forged tender. Tragically, the incident left OxyContin pills "strewn all over the street."
