Two pizza restaurants on Bloomington’s west side reported to police Monday a customer had paid them with several counterfeit $100 bills.
The first report, at about 9:20 p.m., came from Bucceto’s Smiling Teeth at 350 S. Liberty Dr. The suspect is described as a black man, about 5’9” tall, in his mid-20s, with teardrop face tattoos, Bloomington Police Department Capt. Steve Kellams said.
The complainant told police the man purchased about $5 worth of food and paid with a $100, which the restaurant made change for. He then presented three more $100 bills, said he’d just been paid and asked if they could make change, which they did. Later, someone at the restaurant realized the bills were counterfeit.
The same situation happened nearby at Mother Bear’s Pizza at 2980 W. Whitehall Crossing Blvd., which reported the counterfeit about 35 minutes later, Kellams said.
Police are in the process of obtaining video surveillance from the restaurants. An investigation is ongoing.
Jack Evans
