HOPKINSVILLE POLICE HAVE CHARGED THREE PEOPLE ACCUSED OF MAKING OR USING COUNTERFEIT 100 DOLLAR BILLS.

            THE CITATION FOR 31-YEAR OLD JOSEPH HOPPER OF HOPKINSVILLE SAYS HE CONFESSED TO ASSISTING 26-YEAR OLD MELISSA DAVIDSON OF HOPKINSVILLE AND 28-YEAR OLD JONATHAN BIVINS OF HOPKINSVILLE IN OBTAINING THE FAKE CURRENCY—WHICH THEY USED AT THE JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER CAFETERIA AND HANDED TO A PIZZA DELIVERYMAN.

            ALL THREE WERE CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT. HOPPER’S CITATION SAYS HE WAS CITED AND RELEASED BY THE ORDER OF JUDGE JASON FLEMMING. BIVINS IS LISTED AS AN INMATE AT THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY JAIL, WHILE MS. DAVIDSON IS NOT.

            EVEN WITH THE ARRESTS, ANOTHER OBVIOUSLY FAKE 100 DOLLAR BILL WAS PASSED AT THE NORTH DRIVE MCDONALDS YESTERDAY MORNING.

            AN ALERT CASHIER NOTICED THE CURRENCY LOOKED AND FELT FAKE AROUND 10:20 AM, BUT A MANAGER TOLD HER TO ACCEPT IT SINCE THERE WAS A LONG LINE.

            ONE THING OUT OF THE ORDINARY WAS THE 100-DOLLAR BILL HAD ABRAHAM LINCOLN ON THE FRONT AND NOT BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

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