Two Men Pass Multiple Counterfeit Bills in Woburn

The following is an excerpt from the Woburn Police Department log. Please note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log.

July 23- 

At 5:41 p.m. police responded to the GNC store in the Woburn Mall on a report of counterfeit money. The caller stated he received a counterfeit $100 bill from a customer. He said it was given to him by an African American male with a red shirt. The man was described as about 6’2 and 180 pounds with a solid build.

The man had used the bill to buy an $8 supply of fish oil.

At 7 p.m. police responded to the Dollar Tree Store after an officer noticed a man matching the description leaving the store. Police checked video of the parking lot and saw the suspect with a second black male. The second male was wearing a white tee shirt, jeans and red sneakers.

On the video police could see the men enter the neighboring Kohl’s. They checked and the suspect in the red shirt bought $13.98 worth of merchandise and paid for it with another counterfeit $100 bill.

Police also checked with the Dollar Tree Store and found the same suspected had bought $8 worth of merchandise and paid for it with yet another counterfeit $100 bill.

In both the Kohl’s and Dollar Tree Store the second suspect stayed back. He also drove a black Ford Focus and picked up the first suspect as he left the stores.

Police spoke to an employee at the Cigar Emporium in the Woburn Mall who said a black male in a red shirt bought a $5.99 magazine with a $100 bill. Police noticed it was also a counterfeit.

At 8:19 p.m. police checked with Papa Gino’s and an employee said the two men had been in the restaurant and had paid for an order with a $100 bill. Police checked the bill and found it was counterfeit. Police checked the tapes and saw the same two suspects.

Later police received a call that the same suspect, working with another male, passed another counterfeit $100 bill at Sports Authority.

At 5:53 p.m. police responded to the Showcase Cinemas parking lot on a report of a damaged vehicle. The caller said someone keyed her vehicle while she was watching a movie. There was a long scratch along the passenger side of the vehicle that looked fresh.

The caller said she wasn’t having problems with anyone and did not know who could have done it.

Police checked surveillance tapes and saw a group of male youths park next to the vehicle on the passenger side. They were next to the caller’s car for about a minute after she left it. They left in a gray sedan.