Grand jury indicts 2 in counterfeit cash case

Police allege suspect tried to spend fake $20

A Bowie County grand jury indicted two people last week for allegedly possessing counterfeit cash.

Texarkana, Texas, Police were called Jan. 3 to Roadway Food Mart on West Seventh Street when Rachael Kimble, 35, of Houston, Ark., allegedly attempted to pass a fake $20, according to a probable-cause affidavit used to create the following account. Kimble’s companion, Colter Frisby, 36, of El Dorado, Ark., is facing charges as well.

The store clerk told officers Kimble tried to pay for gas with a $20 which was bleached and torn in half. When the clerk declined to accept the bill, Kimble allegedly told her to tape it together and allegedly attempted to get the clerk to take the fake note five more times. A mark made on the bill with a “detector pen” immediately turned black, indicating the $20 is not genuine U.S. currency. Officer Aaron Lewis allegedly acquired a second, allegedly fake bill from Kimble while in the store.

Kimble allegedly denied knowing the bills were fake.

She allegedly told Lewis she was a photographer on her way from Houston, Ark., to Houston, Texas, for a job at “Church Directory.” Kimble allegedly told Lewis she had only known Frisby, who was sleeping in her car when police arrived, for a single day. Officers were skeptical of Kimble’s claim because the car was full of bags of men’s clothing, one of which allegedly contained another phony $20 that matched the ones Kimble had in her possession. A fourth fake bill was allegedly found in the car inside a Star Wars toy box.

“Kimble continued to add and omit elements of her story and after speaking with her ad nauseam about how she came to be in Texarkana and the circumstances surrounding how she and Frisby met, or even the nature of their relationship, myself and other officers felt that she was being intentionally deceptive,” Lewis wrote in the affidavit.

When officers approached Kimble’s car before making any arrests, they found Frisby sleeping inside with “several knives on and around his person,” the affidavit states.

Officers allegedly found a small bag of marijuana in one of Frisby’s pockets. Frisby allegedly would only identify himself as “Christopher” and “repeatedly stated that his ID was in his wallet,” the affidavit states.

Inside Frisby’s wallet, officers did not find any identification belonging to Frisby, but they did find an Arkansas identification card, a Social Security card, a military identification card and five completed checks. The checks and identification documents all belonged to different people.

Kimble was indicted Thursday on a charge of forgery of U.S. currency. Frisby was indicted on charges of forgery of U.S. currency and fraudulent use or possession of identifying information. Forgery of U.S. currency is punishable by two to 10 years in prison. Fraudulent use or possession of identifying information is punishable by six months to two years in a state jail.