Boys Use Counterfeit Money to Buy Ice Cream

Three boys used counterfeit money to pay for their ice cream at Fred’s Ice Cream,  May 2, according to a City of Northville police report.

The counterfeit money was a $50 bill, the report said. An employee reported to police that the same three subjects came back a few minutes later to get more ice cream, according to the report.

An employee later marked the bill with a counterfeit pen and the color on the bill was brown instead of clear or yellow, the report said.

Police looked for three boys matching the descriptions and found them on the lower level of Northville Square sitting on a bench and eating their ice cream, according to the report.

One of them said he got the money from his mother’s work. His mother works at a racetrack, the report said. The boy said he had no idea that the money he used was counterfeit, according to the report.

The boy's grandmother, also connected to the racetrack, said that counterfeit money has been passed through the business before, the report said. She paid for the ice cream that her grandson and his friends got with the counterfeit money, according to the report.

Once the report is approved, the counterfeit bill will be sent to the U.S. Secret Service, the report said.

For questions about this crime report, email aysha.jamali@patch.com.