Chesterton Police
are investigating the report of someone using a fake $20 bill to purchase
lottery tickets from the Amstar gas station at 860 Broadway on Tuesday.
According to
police, at 1:16 p.m. an employee advised that a female customer used the $20
to purchase scratch-off lottery tickets a little before 8 a.m. and then came
back with another $20 bill to purchase $10 off scratch-off tickets and
received $10 in change before exiting the store.
The employee
advised during the first purchase he was distracted with other customers and
paperwork and did not pay close attention to the $20 bill before putting it
in the drawer but noticed the suspect nature of the bill during the second
transaction, police said.
Police said the
employee caught up to the suspect who was in her car and informed her the
bill was counterfeit. He advised the suspect “did not appear surprised,”
handed him back scratch-off tickets and the $10 in change and left the lot,
police said.
The employee said
that the suspect frequents the station and believes she lives in town,
police said. He said the suspect drove a white four-door Sedan with
dark-tinted windows, police said.
Police said the
suspect and her vehicle were captured on the station’s security cameras and
the counterfeit bill was placed into evidence.
The CPD believes
that at least some of the counterfeit bills may have been manufactured for
the film industry, to be used as props in movies. Businesses are being urged
to check the bills they receive carefully.