Earlier this week police were called to Spring Creek Elementary School in reference to counterfeit money. According to a police report, the officer spoke with the principal of the school who told him that a juvenile tried to pay for his lunch with a counterfeit hundred dollar bill. Cafeteria personnel reported the incident to the principal.
The report states that two additional counterfeit hundred dollar bills were found in the juvenile’s backpack. When school authorities asked the student where he got the bills, the child told them that his stepfather had given them to him to pay for his lunch, and to contribute to a special fundraising program the school was having.
The report states that police failed in attempts to contact the student’s mother and stepfather. The counterfeit bills were seized and placed into evidence.
The report states that there is no additional information at the time of the report.
_ 5909 Welworth Ave.: Police were dispatched to the address early Tuesday morning on a reported home invasion. According to a police report, when police arrived the made contact with the victim whose face and hands were bloody. The victim also had blood on the inside of his left pant leg. The victim told police that he rarely locks his front door and awoke to someone coming into his bedroom with a gun. The report states that the suspect allegedly asked the victim repeatedly “where’s the money?” The suspect then reached into the victim’s front left pocket and took his wallet.
The report states that the victim began crying because he was afraid only to have the suspect smack him across the face. The victim screamed causing the suspect to run outside of the house where another a second suspect was waiting. The report states that the victim only got a brief glimpse of the second suspect. The victim told police that both suspects ran west down Welworth Avenue toward Yale Street.
Detectives responded to the scene and were advised of the situation, the report states. A county-wide BOLO (be on the lookout) for the suspects was issued.
