Crime & Safety

Fake Money Passed at Fast Food Restaurant

Thief used counterfeit $10 bills to pay for food.

Police are investigating a Sept. 2 incident in which a male suspect used three counterfeit $10 bills to obtain genuine cash as change.

According to an employee of the , the suspect placed two separate food orders at the drive-thru. The suspect paid for the orders with three $10 bills and received a total of $12.46 in change. The suspect then drove away without the ordered food.

The employee showed the bills to his manager who subsequently determined the bills were fake by using a counterfeit bill detection marker.

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The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 17 to 20 years of age with brown hair. He was wearing a black shirt and driving a newer model, black 4-door Honda Civic at the time of the incident.

The case is listed as active.

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  • Battery in the 1800 block of Alcovy Shoals Bluff.

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