{"id":104258,"date":"2026-02-03T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104258\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:16:11","slug":"who-passed-fake-100-bill-at-pizza-restaurant-saucon-source-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/104258\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Passed Fake $100 Bill at Pizza Restaurant? \u2013 Saucon Source"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-115927-1024x647.png\" alt=\"Counterfeit\" class=\"wp-image-78260\"  \/>Lower Saucon Township Police released this store security photo of the suspect in late January. Anyone with information or who can identify the man is asked to submit a tip through Crimewatch or contact Ofc. Zach Pritchard at 610-317-6110 or zpritchard@lowersaucontownship.org.<\/p>\n<p>Lower Saucon Township Police are still asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man who they say used a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for food at a local restaurant late last year.<\/p>\n<p>According to a post published on <a href=\"https:\/\/northampton.crimewatchpa.com\/lowersauconpd\/69169\/cases\/can-you-identify-counterfeit-con\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the department\u2019s Crimewatch site<\/a>, the man used the phony money to pay for his bill at Feasta Pizza at 1826 Leithsville Road, Hellertown, around 8:15 p.m. Dec. 9.<\/p>\n<p>Police have shared two surveillance images of the man in which he is wearing a face mask. An image uploaded to the Crimewatch site on Jan. 30 is clearer and appears to have been taken inside an adjacent Pennsylvania wine and spirits store.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information or who can identify the man is being asked to submit a tip via the department\u2019s Crimewatch Tipline or contact Ofc. Zach Pritchard at 610-317-6110 or zpritchard@lowersaucontownship.org.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour help is crucial in preventing further incidents of counterfeit currency use in our community,\u201d police said. \u201cWe appreciate your cooperation and vigilance in keeping Lower Saucon Township safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"757\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-11-134446.png\" alt=\"Counterfeit Bill\" class=\"wp-image-77697\"  \/>Lower Saucon Township Police shared this security image of a man who allegedly passed a phony $100 bill at Feasta Pizza Dec. 9. (Credit: Lower Saucon Township Police Department\/Crimewatch)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lower Saucon Township Police released this store security photo of the suspect in late January. Anyone with information&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,31944,31,13078,31888,31726,204,205,83,206,450],"class_list":{"0":"post-104258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bethlehem","8":"tag-bethlehem","9":"tag-bethlehem-headlines","10":"tag-bethlehem-news","11":"tag-counterfeit","12":"tag-crime","13":"tag-currency","14":"tag-fake","15":"tag-feasta-pizza","16":"tag-hellertown","17":"tag-lower-saucon-township","18":"tag-money","19":"tag-police","20":"tag-suspect"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}