Fake Receipt Presented At Western Springs Store: Cops

WESTERN SPRINGS, IL – Someone presented a counterfeit receipt from a coin-cashing machine last week at Mariano's grocery store, 4700 Gilbert Ave., Western Springs police said.

The Coinstar receipt was for $417.41. Mariano's paid out the money, police said.

The incident was reported last Tuesday morning. The scam also happened at the Mariano's in Elmhurst, authorities said.

That was the only crime listed in Western Springs' weekly police blotter.

The police department has made five arrests since early August, according to weekly blotters.