BY TIANA GOEGEBUER

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Rancho Cucamonga – In Rancho Cucamonga, at least two people have used counterfeit money to steal cookies and money from local Girl Scouts.  The Scout members had set up a table outside their local grocery store to begin this year’s cookie drive. Shortly after that, the suspects, one man and one woman, each used $50 counterfeit bills to pay for cookies and proceeded to ask the Scouts for change.  The process is said to have been repeated at least once more at another Rancho Cucamonga location during the same weekend.  The troops who were taken advantage of are said to be liable for the loss, and are out a little more than $200.

The community is appalled.  The thought that someone would use counterfeit money to steal from a Girl Scout is shocking to most people, but especially to the Girl Scouts themselves.  The girls are very trusting, and did not expect to need to have knowledge of how to differentiate real money from fake.  In response to the crime, the Rancho Cucamonga Police have provided the affected troop with some basic training on spotting counterfeit money.

The local police department is reviewing the video surveillance from the stores where the crimes took place in the hopes of identifying the suspects.