Two men were arrested Thursday afternoon after trying to spend a counterfeit $100 bill at Starbucks, police said.

At about 11 a.m., DeKalb Police were called to Starbucks, 2577 Sycamore Road, after a clerk noticed a customer trying to spend the bill, which they believed to be fake, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler.

Police found the customer, Willie Thomas, 34, who said he was with another person in a car outside in the parking lot, Nobert D. Phillips, 29. Both men are from Chicago.

Police saw Phillips driving through the parking lot behind the store and attempted to stop him. Phillips then drove away at a high speed on Sycamore Road, according to a DeKalb Police Department news release. Phillips eventually stopped near Hopkins Park where he was arrested.

Phillips was charged with forgery, driving with license suspended, fleeing and attempting to elude, and making an improper turn. Thomas was also charged with forgery, a class 3 felony.

Spangler said the two men were planning to cash the $100 bill on a low-cost item to get a large amount of change back. The fake bill used was a “washed 5,” which is a normal $5 bill with the ink removed and a hundred dollar bill copied on top. This makes the bill look and feel real, and includes the metal detection strip, he said.

In this case, the clerk held up the dollar bill to the light, and saw the image of Abraham Lincoln marked on the paper, which is normally on a $5 bill, Spangler said.

Phillips has a history of forgery and passing counterfeit bills, and has previously been charged federally, Spangler said.

No additional counterfeit bills were found on Phillips or Thomas, and so far no other reports of counterfeit bills being passed have been reported.

“We didn’t have any reports, but sometimes there is a delay,” Spangler said. “If the store doesn’t know they used counterfeit money, until they deposit it at a bank, and then the bank will notify us, which makes it harder for us to investigate.”