{"id":60476,"date":"2025-01-28T22:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T03:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=60476"},"modified":"2025-01-28T22:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T03:05:23","slug":"man-arrested-for-trying-to-use-counterfeit-money-at-lehigh-acres-7-eleven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2025\/01\/man-arrested-for-trying-to-use-counterfeit-money-at-lehigh-acres-7-eleven\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for trying to use counterfeit money at Lehigh Acres 7-Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A man was arrested for trying to use counterfeit money and getting physical with a cashier at a 7-Eleven in Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-79-1-png.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-79-1-png.avif 260w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-79-1-240x300.avif 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, two men entered the store Sunday and attempted to use a $100 counterfeit bill. However, when the clerk realized the bill was counterfeit, a physical altercation ensued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The LCSO said one of the suspects went behind the counter and attempted to grab the bill from the employee&#8217;s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A witness who was working told deputies one of the suspects had shoulder-length dreadlocks and returned to the store approximately 10-15 minutes after the clerk realized the bill was counterfeit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc-2.com\/article\/lehigh-acres-men-fake-money\/63569233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><br><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested for trying to use counterfeit money and getting physical with a cashier at a 7-Eleven in Lehigh Acres. According to the Lee County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, two&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":60477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[2966],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60478,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60476\/revisions\/60478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}