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PLAINS TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — State police are investigating after a counterfeit bill was found at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Police say a 71-year-old man of Plains found a bill sitting on a machine with no one around. The man then went to get the bill exchanged because it had a rip on it.

Wanted suspect after home break-in leads to stolen car

Casino officials then noticed that the bill was fake because it read "for motion picture purposes" on it, PSP reported.

The bill was taken into custody, and the investigation is ongoing.

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HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Police are looking for a suspect who they say broke into a home, stole a car, and fled from officers.

The Hazleton City Police Department is searching for a man identified as 33-year-old Terrence Belt.

Police say on March 25, officers were called to the 480 block of West Mine Street, where a homeowner found a Belt inside their home.

Belt was chased out of the house, where Belt then fled on foot towards CVS. While officers were investigating the home break-in, they were called for a stolen car in the CVS parking lot.

Two separate demonstrations at Windsor Castle attempted to highlight the connection between Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Honesdale gears up for its third Beer and Wine Festival with more than a dozen breweries and wineries participating.

Knoxville native Jeff Comeaux went viral during the Tennessee-Georgia game after TV cameras captured his animated reactions.

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter-point Wednesday and projected it would do so twice more this year as concern grows at the central bank about the health of the nation’s labor market. The move is the Fed’s first cut since December and lowered its short-term rate to about 4.1%, down from 4.3%. Fed officials, led by Chair Jerome Powell, had kept their rate unchanged this year as they evaluated the impact of tariffs, tighter immigration enforcement, and other Trump administration policies on inflation and the economy.

Officials say a man who rammed a car into an FBI security gate in Pittsburgh and covered it in an American flag Wednesday said he was making a statement. An FBI official says Donald Henson of nearby Penn Hills was taken into custody several hours after he fled the crash. An assistant special agent says Henson had visited the field office weeks ago with a complaint. The FBI says the attack was targeted but not terrorism. A message left at a phone number linked to him was not immediately returned and court records did not list a defense lawyer.

DANVILLE — The Montour County Sheriff's Office will host another firearm safety and concealed carry seminar in November.

RANSHAW — Engineers from Tetra Tech will share results from a two-year Watershed Assessment and Restoration Plan for Upper Shamokin Creek during a public meeting Wednesday night.