Police Incident Reports

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Incident Report for Case #2012-244328

Incident Type

Fraud

Incident Date

08/26/2012 - 11:25 PM

Address

3019 E. Washington Ave. (Mobil gas station)

Suspect(s)

Male, white, 35 years old, 5'8", 155 pounds, blond hair; wearing a red shirt, blue jean shorts and a baseball cap. He was driving an older black car, possibly an Acura.

Details

A customer, attempting to buy gas at a Mobil gas station, 3019 E. Washington Ave., Sunday evening, snapped a counterfeit $20 bill from the hand of a service station clerk after the clerk used a marker to determine the bill was a fake. The victim said the man had a wad of money. A description of the criminal and the car he drove can be found above. The MPD also took a report from a manager of Pizza Hut, 2649 E. Springs Dr., last Thursday night after someone gave a driver a counterfeit $20 bill to pay for a pie. It could not be determined which customer provided the bogus bill.

Released 08/29/2012 at 10:59 AM by PIO Joel DeSpain

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