Two reports of fake cash circulating in Hamilton

Someone tried to use funny money to make a purchase at a Hamilton restaurant.

The suspect entered the Rally’s on Erie Avenue on June 12 and attempted to pass a counterfeit $1 bill for food, according to a police report.

Then on June 7, a Hamilton man reported a woman he invited into his home gave him fake money.

The man told police that prior to the woman leaving his 13th Avenue home, she asked for change of a $100 bill.

He gave her the money then discovered the $100 bill was counterfeit after she left, according to the police report.

There have been no arrests in either case, according to Hamilton police.

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Lauren Pack, a native of the Miami Valley, has been on staff at the Journal-News since 1994 reporting on courts and crime.