Woman Arrested For Theft By Deception
Jeff Garretson - Wed 11:53 AM 10/10/2012
Police arrest a woman for passing counterfeit bills.
Staff at Carmelita's Mexican Goods, 1859 S. 9th, contacted police yesterday after a woman used several counterfeit bills to purchase a money order.
Salina Police arrested 41-year-old Maria Cortez-Flores, 100 S. Phillips, after she allegedly used seven phony $10 bills and two counterfeit $20 bills to buy a money order to pay a water bill.
Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield tells KSAL News that the fake notes had the same serial number, no watermark and no security strip.
Mansfield cautioned that more counterfeit bills could surface in Salina.
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t-bone
Wednesday 10 October 2012 12:08 Report this comment
maria maria maria, you can't use monopoly money for business transactions hon
t-bone
Wednesday 10 October 2012 12:11 Report this comment
welcome to the 21st century folks. i wish dec 21 would hurry up
GETALIFE674
Wednesday 10 October 2012 16:55 Report this comment
chalk up another crime in salina
Victory2012
Thursday 11 October 2012 01:08 Report this comment
Crime is down by 37.5% over the past 9 years. That is a fantastic record that we must credit to our fantastic law enforcement agencies and their fantastic leadership. Fantastic VICTORY.
equineman7
Thursday 11 October 2012 02:13 Report this comment
No way is crime down in the past nine years. You used to read about some crime taking place every once in a while but in the past 9 years that has escalated to what we have now which is several crimes being reported by the media every day. This does not include those crimes that are not being reported by the media. Salina has a crime wave occurring and neither law enforcement agency is capable under the leadership we presently have to do anything about it.
Victory2012
Thursday 11 October 2012 10:56 Report this comment
@iam/equine, you have some math errors and logic gaps in your position. What you don't have is any relevant evidence that the crime stats published by Chief Hill are wrong -- none. After all, you were kind enough to tell us all how much you hate law enforcement so regular readers know that crime is down by 37.5% over 9 years. Chief Hill is doing a great job, and his job is secure.