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MOVIE PROP MONEY GETS DRUG BUYER A BEATING
Motion picture prop money keeps turning up. This report from Georgia in the Athens Banner-Herald shows what can happen when when
you try passing it on the wrong person. -Editor
The use of motion picture prop money by criminals turned violent this week when a purported drug dealer allegedly attacked a customer who attempted to make a purchase with the counterfeit currency. Athens-Clarke County police have regularly encountered prop money over the past month, mostly when investigating reports of fraud, when prop money was passed by customers when paying for food or merchandise. Now the prop money, which is clearly marked “FOR MOTION PICTURE USE ONLY,” has turned up at the scene of a violent assault. According to a police report, 30-year-old Ramon Tyres Jones used a baseball bat to beat a customer because he “was angry at (the customer) for receiving two motion picture $100 bills” in payment for marijuana. The victim suffered injuries to his nose, shoulder, elbow and back of the head and was taken by ambulance to Athens Regional Medical Center.
I'm at a loss for words to describe this triple-play stupidity. -Editor
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