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Associated Press (05-31) 11:27 PDT MODESTO, Calif. (AP) —
A man’s grandchildren helped land him in jail after they brought $1,100 in counterfeit bills to school.
School officials called police after the 7-year-old girl showed a handful of $100 bills to classmates, Stanislaus County sheriff’s spokesman Tom Letras said.
The second grader and her 5-year-old brother told police they took only a few $100 bills from the pile stored in grandpa’s van.
Police said they found Jose Luis Landeras, 42, a few hours later Tuesday stuffing moneymaking material down his pants.
He was arrested on suspicion of making counterfeit money and spending it from Ceres to Los Banos in the past seven months. Police said they confiscated $2,000 in phony bills.
Police coaxed the boy, who didn’t want to talk because he thought he and his sister were in trouble for stealing, into telling them about the money when they asked what games he and his grandfather liked to play.
The boy’s favorite game was Frogger, he said, and his grandpa’s favorite game was the “money-making game.”