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| 14 Jul 2015 07:52 PM |
A Kingsport woman told police she was counterfeiting money because she read online that President Barack Obama made a new law allowing her to print her own money, according to a police report.
Police were called to a local grocery store on Sunday night in regards to a complaint about counterfeit money. When the reporting officer arrived, he spoke with a gas station clerk who said that just prior to the officer's arrival, a white female had handed him a $5 bill, which he suspected to be counterfeit.
The clerk handed the officer the bill and immediately recognized the bill had been printed on regular computer paper and each side had been glued together but was falling apart.
Downs was asked by the officer if her purse could be searched, to which she agreed. Inside her purse, the officer found a $100 which was also counterfeit, according to the report. The bill was printed in black and white and the backside of the bill was upside down.
While at the jail, she was reportedly read her Miranda Rights and was interviewed. Downs reportedly told the officer the receipts that were found were items she used to print money in her apartment.
She then told officers she read online that President Obama had made a new law that permitted her to print her own money because she is on a fixed income, the report stated.
She was charged with criminal simulation and counterfeiting. |
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| 14 Jul 2015 07:52 PM |
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always believe everything you read on the internet
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