Crime & Safety
Oak Creek Pizza Delivery Driver Duped by 'Movie Money'
It was a bad sign when the delivery driver was sent to a hotel room that didn't exist. Then things got worse for him.
OAK CREEK, WI — Oak Creek police were called to the Comfort Suites Hotel on Jan. 26 on a report that a hotel guest tried to pay for pizza with counterfeit money.
The pizza delivery driver was still on-scene just after 11 p.m. after the person who dialed in the pizza call, requested the pizza be delivered to a room that did not exist.
The delivery driver met police in the lobby and handed over $25 in paper stamped "movie money" for the pizza. "Movie Money" is fake money used in film scenes that gives the appearance of U.S. currency.
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Officers were able to confirm that the suspects left Comfort Suites and headed toward the Red Roof in, however the suspects were not located.
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