It might be a good thing they stopped him. Seems he doesn't have too many more brain cells to kill. A homeless 19-year-old man who police say spent $100 on a color copier and paper to make counterfeit money so he could buy $90 worth of marijuana is in Spokane County Jail.
Deputies say Robinson told them he decided to set up the counterfeiting operation in the mall's third-floor family bathroom because he needed an electrical outlet and a locking door and had no other place to go.
On Wednesday, security officers noticed that a man had been locked in the mall's third-floor bathroom for more than an hour, said Reagan.
"Once the door was open, the officer saw a color copier sitting on the floor," Reagan said.
Sheets of paper printed with uncut $10 counterfeit bills were found in the bathroom garbage can.
The serial number on a legitimate $10 bill deputies said they found in Robinson's pocket matched the fake bills.
"They might have passed muster if you were giving them to some 17-year-old at a fast-food restaurant. He was planning to buy drugs, so maybe it would have worked," Reagan said.
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