AMHERST – University of Massachusetts Police are investigating the passing of counterfeit money on campus and seeking the public’s help in identifying a person of interest in the case.
Police allege an individual visited several sites on campus July 11, paying for merchandise using counterfeit bills. On Monday, the department released surveillance photos of a person they are seeking to identify in connection with the incidents.
The images were taken at W.E.B. Dubois Library, the Blue Wall at the Campus Center and elsewhere on campus.
UMass Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person in the images. Anyone with information should contact Detective Derek Napoli at 545-2121 or by email at djnapoli@admin.umass.edu.
Anonymous tips can be called in to 413-577-TIPS (8477) or by using the UMass Police Department’s anonymous witness form at www.umass.edu/umpd/anonymous-witness-form.
Staff Writer Dan Crowley can be reached at dcrowley@gazettenet.com.