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Hartville Police: Counterfeit money suspect targeted businesses A photocopy of the counterfeit money evidence confiscated by Hartville Police. Cassandra Nist - The Repository, Canton, Ohio Hartville Chocolate Factory owner Bobby Barton (left) and nephew Jake Barton (right) Cassandra Nist - The Repository, Canton, Ohio HARTVILLE – Police say a man used fake money from movie productions to buy candy, pizza and other items at businesses throughout town. And investigators in other communitie...

HARTVILLE – Police say a man used fake money from movie productions to buy candy, pizza and other items at businesses throughout town. And investigators in other communities in Stark and surrounding counties have reported a rash of similar thefts made with counterfeit cash. According to a Hartville police report, officers were called Wednesday to the Giant Eagle at 907 W. Maple Street for a man passing counterfeit $20 bills. An employee told officers the suspect, later identified as Da...