Fred Hoyle III
Fred Hoyle III, 19, 809 S. Main St., Milford, was arrested Monday evening on a charge of counterfeiting, a class D felony. He is being held on $2,000 bond. He has also been charged with possession of paraphernalia.
The counterfeiting charge states he knowingly or intentionally did make or utter a written instrument, namely money in such a manner that it purported to have been made by the United States Government.
Court documents, filed April 1, show on May 30, Warsaw Police Officer Ross Minear spoke with Lake City Bank officials after they had received a deposit May 29 containing a $20 counterfeit bill. The bill was from a Marathon Gas Station, location not released. The manager of the station brought in two more counterfeit bills the following day.
During the interview with the station manager, police learned the night clerk had received the bills and had the individual write down his personal information. The clerk told police a young individual attempted to pay with the two counterfeit bills and when the individual was told the bills were counterfeit, the subject appeared surprised. The individual then went out to his vehicle and obtained real money.
Police also found that same individual had used two counterfeit $20s to purchase items at Warsaw Community High Schools. The bills had the same serial number as those used at the gas station. Twenty-one more counterfeit $20 bills were found in that person’s possession.
It was on June 4, Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Officer Michael Mulligan responded to counterfeit bills being used at the Marathon Gas Station again. When he arrived, the officer was approached by Fred Hoyle III . He stated he was the individual with the counterfeit bills. Again those bills had the same serial numbers as the other counterfeit bills.
Hoyle stated he had traded a friend a $100 bill for five 20s, but did not know the friend’s name. He later provided the name of the individual stating he knew the bills looked funny.
A search of Hoyle’s vehicle found a gas mask set up to smoke marijuana containing residue and found a pill bottle containing approximately 1 gram of a green leafy substance, identified as marijuana.