PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles resident has been accused of passing fake $10s and $20s to businesses, and police are looking for more counterfeiters and additional counterfeit money that may still be in circulation in Port Angeles.
Julian Z. Huxtable, 19, will be arraigned May 11 on a charge of forgery, according to court records.
He was arrested April 25 after eight businesses reported receiving counterfeit money, Port Angeles police said.
A Port Angeles woman was taken into custody Friday on investigation of forgery but was released from the Clallam County jail, and no charges have been filed, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office said.
Port Angeles police officers are continuing to work with the U.S. Secret Service, Officer Dan Morse said Tuesday.
“We think there are fewer than a half-dozen people involved,” he said.
Investigators are asking merchants to be on the lookout for $10 bills with the serial number 1F26853963B and $20 bills with the serial number 1L69774786C.
The bills were printed with an ink-jet copier and are somewhat undersized, Morse said. “The feel of the paper is a dead giveaway,” he said.
The combined dollar amount of all of the bills totals less than $200, Morse said.
The Port Angeles Police Department began receiving complaints April 22.
They said they identified Huxtable and the woman from security video.
On April 25, Officer Andrew Heuett, who was assisting another officer on an unrelated call in the 900 block of West 10th Street, recognized Huxtable and took him into custody.
Anyone who receives counterfeit or suspected counterfeit U.S. currency can phone the Port Angeles Police Department at 360-452-4545.
Information can be reported anonymously to North Olympic Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. The group pays rewards for information leading to felony arrests.
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
