TWO MEN WERE BOUND AND ROBBED AT GUNPOINT LAST WEEK IN LIVE OAK. THE INCIDENT STARTED WHEN A WOMAN CAME TO THEIR DOOR AND ASKED ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TO USE THE PHONE. AFTER BEING LET IN, TWO MEN FOLLOWED CARRYING GUNS. THE INTRUDERS ORDERED THE RESIDENT TO THE FLOOR. A FOURTH INTRUDER ENTERED, AND THE RESIDENT WAS HOGTIED. TWO OF THE MEN SEARCHED THE HOUSE. ANOTHER RESIDENT WAS FOUND SLEEPING UPSTAIRS, AND WAS ALSO BOUND. THE BURGLARS HELD GUNS TO THE MEN?S HEADS AND STOLE AN ESTIMATED 3 THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF BELONGINGS AND A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CAR WAS LATER FOUND NEAR SAN JUAN BAUTISTA. DESCRIPTIONS OF THE BURGLARS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. DETECTIVES WERE PLANNING ON RE-INTERVIEWING THE VICTIMS.
POLICE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO LOOK AT MONEY A LITTLE CLOSER AFTER ELEVEN COUNTERFEIT BILLS HAVE BEEN TURNED OVER TO WATSONVILLE POLICE IN THE PAST THREE WEEKS. TEN FAKE 50 DOLLAR BILLS AND ONE FAKE 100 DOLLAR BILL HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED BEFORE THE COUNTERFEIT WAS DISCOVERED. THE BILLS WEREN?T DETECTED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE BILL IS REAL AND SECURITY MARKERS DO NOT MARK THEM AS FAKE. THIS IS BECAUSE SMALLER DENOMINATION BILLS WERE ALTERED TO APPEAR TO BE WORTH MORE. HOWEVER, IF PEOPLE LOOK AT THE PRESIDENT PICTURED ON THE BILL OR AT THE SECURITY STRIP, THE COUNTERFEIT IS DETECTABLE.
