TEXAS TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Authorities said an old $1,000 bill proved the downfall of three teenagers on the run in Michigan.
The Kalamazoo County sheriff’s department said the trio stole a safe containing the money from one of the youth’s parents.
The Kalamazoo Gazette and the Birmingham News say they drove a stolen van to Birmingham, Ala., last week where an 18-year-old tried to exchange the $1,000 bill at a Service First Bank branch.
The problem: The U.S. Treasury stopped printing $1,000 bills in 1945.
The bank called police. Officers arrested the teen and two 15-year-old companions.
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