EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WRN) — Be on the lookout for counterfeit money.
That’s the warning from western Wisconsin law enforcement after someone used a fake $100 bill to buy a low-cost item from a garage sale in Eau Claire over the weekend. Police in Chippewa Falls added that a similar incident happened there.
Eau Claire Police advised residents through social media to be careful and examine larger bills should you be having a garage sale or yard sale this summer.
A suspect in the Chippewa Falls incident has been identified.