PORT ANGELES – A 49-year-old Port Angeles man charged with making counterfeit money pleaded guilty Tuesday in Clallam County Superior Court to one count of forgery.
Michael H. Lyman will serve three months in jail and perform 240 hours of community service, the judge said. He also must pay $1,150 in court fees.
By pleading guilty, other charges of possessing a controlled substance, three counts of second-degree unlawful possession of a firearm were dropped.
Charges also were dropped against 41-year-old Estene M. Pass, who had been accused of helping Lyman make fake $20 bills.
Port Angeles police said in March when the pair was arrested that as much as $4,000 in counterfeit money could have been made.
Nathan W. Terry, who was caught trying to use one of the fake bills, entered an Alford plea in April, in which he maintains innocence while admitting the evidence would convict him.
Terry, 21, was sentenced to drug treatment and had to pay $1,305.24 in court fees.
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