Bowling Green police took three reports of counterfeit bills over the weekend.
Police were called Friday at 6:12 p.m. to the 100 block of South Main Street for a theft report.
The store employee told police two men and a woman had entered the store and were very loud. The men approached the counter and handed over three crumpled $20 bills to make their purchase.
The employer said he tossed the bills into the register without really looking at them as he was more concerned with hurrying the three people out of the store, according to the Bowling Green Police Division report.
After they left, the employer went next door to borrow a counterfeit pen to check the bills and realized the three bills were counterfeit.
Camera footage showed a description of the men and that was given to other officers in the area. One patrol officer spoke with individuals in a business in the 100 block of East Wooster Street where one of the men had unsuccessfully attempted to make a purchase with the fake bills, according to the report.
Downtown cameras were reviewed in an attempt to locate the vehicle being used by the suspects.
On Saturday at 10:17 a.m., police responded to the 1000 block of North Main Street where they were told that the night before a man had used a fake $20 bill to purchase cigarettes.
Video showed the suspect was a Black man wearing a fades Atlanta Braves hat and a long-sleeve shirt and yellow sweatpants.
The suspect matched the description obtained in Friday’s incident.
On Sunday at 12:40 p.m., police responded to a restaurant in the 1600 block of East Wooster where a manager told officers when he changed the tip money for an employee, he noticed a $20 bill was counterfeit. He said he did not know how long the bill had been in the register.
