Counterfeit $100 Bills Circulating At Sonoma Co. Businesses

PETALUMA, CA – The Petaluma Police Department, investigating numerous reports from area businesses receiving counterfeit $100 bills, has released photos of the suspects' vehicle and descriptions of the individuals involved.

Reports began Saturday from the Petaluma Outlet Mall and Petaluma Plaza Shopping Center, with five businesses confirmed as victimized at the two locations, police said. Additional victims were identified Tuesday by a bank processing the counterfeit cash, which had serial numbers that appeared similar or sequential on the bills.

The suspects' vehicle, described as a dark gray Dodge Durango with California license 7KSL003, is possibly a rental, police said.

The three suspects were described by the businesses and witnesses as: a white woman, 20 to 25 years old and 6 feet tall, 185 to 200 pounds, and wearing a gray sweatshirt and jeans; a white female in her 20s with blond hair, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, 110 pounds; and a black man in his 30s with a shaved head, 6 feet tall, 220 to 245 pounds, wearing a teal striped shirt.

Investigators are still collecting evidence, and the department cautions the region's business community to be on alert for counterfeit bills.

Anyone with information about these cases is asked to contact the Petaluma PD at 707.778.4373.

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--Photos via Petaluma PD