Pennsylvania State Police. Photo by James Short.
Police are investigating two incidents involving the use of counterfeit $100 bills to pay for pizza
Pennsylvania State Police out of Skippack said this week that it is investigating the use of counterfeit bills to pay for pizza at two pizza shops in Skippack Township between April and June, with a Philadelphia man being arrested in one of the incidents.
On April 27, at 8:20 p.m., a counterfeiter used a fake $100 bill to pay for a small pizza valued at $12.71 at Anthony’s Pizza at 4274 Township Line Road, police said.
Believing the bill to be real, the employee accepted the $100 and then provided the counterfeiter with $87.29 in change, according to a police report. The suspect then immediately left the scene.
Then, nearly two months later, on June 5, at 8:40 p.m., police allege Kenneth Irick, 35, of Philadelphia, walked into Pizza Villa at 4116 Skippack Pike, and handed an employee a counterfeit $100 bill as payment for a small pizza, valued at $11.60, following the same M.O. as the April incident.
Believing the bill to be real, the Pizza Villa employee accepted the $100 and then gave Irick $88.40 in change, who then immediately left the scene, police said.
Police did not state if Irick is responsible for the April incident at Anthony’s Pizza.
While police announced Irick's arrest, no charges have been filed yet against him, according to court documents.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using public court records.
