Three U.S. students suspended for middle school counterfeiti

WEST SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) - A sixth grader and two of his friends were suspended for using phony dollar bills made on a home computer to buy food in the school cafeteria.

On Monday, a cafeteria worker at James Madison Middle School found a dollar bill that didn't look or feel like the real thing. Seattle School District spokeswoman Patti Spencer said people in the lunch room were told to watch for more counterfeit bills.

An assistant principal called Seattle police the next day after a sixth grader tried to use one of the fake bills to buy beef jerky from the cafeteria.

Seattle Police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said the boy made 20 fake dollar bills on his aunt's computer, brought them to school and shared them with his friends.

The King County Prosecutors' Office is reviewing the case and deciding whether to file charges. School officials suspended the three boys for several days.
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Posted: Mon, Apr 11 2005, 6:41 pm Post subject:

Trust you Proud to dig this one up Very Happy

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6th graders - about 11 yrs. old

what do you think - should they be prosecuted? I think counterfeiting is a federal offense.

or is suspension enough of a punishment?

makes you wonder where was the aunt when the money was being manufactured?

Posted: Mon, Apr 11 2005, 6:57 pm Post subject:

I don't have a problem w/h counterfiet as much as what else goes on in Public schools, like possesion of a weapon. Besides being a federal offence it's deadly!.. no kidding Shocked

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and did you hear the story of the teenagers who beat up a girl and left her on railroad tracks? ill try and find it and post it if not. they dragged her through streets and not one person stopped to help her! (except at the very end a man called the police.)

Posted: Tue, Apr 12 2005, 3:22 pm Post subject:

When did they realise the money was fake? After they bought the food or before??
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