{"id":376761,"date":"2026-08-20T18:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376761\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T18:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T18:18:10","slug":"movie-money-used-to-pay-for-dinner-lands-2-florida-woman-in-jail-slcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/376761\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie money used to pay for dinner lands 2 Florida woman in jail: SLCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/st-lucie-arrests-side-by-side.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"764\" height=\"432\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-v-653d32e2=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-653d32e2=\"\">Kamri Ashanti Reese and Kayla Reese are accused of paying for dinner with movie prop money. Images are courtesy of the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.  <\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. &#8211; Deputies arrested two women after a group attempted to pay their bill at a Port St. Lucie restaurant using counterfeit movie money, according to law enforcement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   Fake money used at Florida restaurant <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">According to the St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, three women ordered food and drinks at St. Lucie Draft House before presenting a fake $100 bill clearly marked &#8220;FOR MOTION PICTURE PURPOSES,&#8221; according to authorities. Investigators said the women left the restaurant in a dark blue Dodge Charger after attempting to pay the bill with the prop money.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/movie3.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"932\" height=\"524\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\">Courtesy: St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office. <\/p>\n<p>  Women arrested during traffic stop <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">Timeline:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Patrol Operations Bureau Night 2 deputies located the Dodge Charger shortly after the group left the scene. Working alongside Criminal Investigations Division detectives, deputies conducted a traffic stop and arrested two women.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Fort Pierce women face felony charges<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">By the numbers Deputies arrested 24-year-old Kamri Ashanti Reese of Fort Pierce for larceny, possession of a forged bank bill or note, and fraud for uttering a false bank bill. Authorities also arrested 25-year-old Kayla Reese of Fort Pierce for possession of a controlled substance without a prescription for oxycodone. Both women were booked into the St. Lucie County Jail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Suspect details remain unconfirmed <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-94395e58=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-94395e58=\"\">Authorities have not released details regarding the identity or potential charges of the third woman present during the incident. Officials have also not confirmed whether additional counterfeit bills were recovered.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story was gathered from a St. Lucie County Sheriff&#8217;s Office statement detailing patrol operations and arrests made by criminal investigations detectives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-94395e58=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Kamri Ashanti Reese and Kayla Reese are accused of paying for dinner with movie prop money. 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