Police: Man's fake $100 bills had wrong face
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — A Rhode Island man police say used counterfeit $100 bills to make purchases at a Target store made a critical mistake.
The bills had a picture of President Abraham Lincoln on them. Real $100 bills bear a picture of Benjamin Franklin. Lincoln's portrait graces the $5 bill.
Dana Leland of Central Falls, R.I., was held on $1,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty Wednesday in Attleboro District Court to charges of uttering a counterfeit note and possession of a counterfeit note.
Police tell The Sun Chronicle the 29-year-old Leland used the fake notes on three consecutive days at the North Attleborough store to buy items worth less than $25.
Leland's lawyer said her client has struggled with drug and alcohol problems and untreated mental health issues, and had a relapse.
The bills had a picture of President Abraham Lincoln on them. Real $100 bills bear a picture of Benjamin Franklin. Lincoln's portrait graces the $5 bill.
Dana Leland of Central Falls, R.I., was held on $1,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty Wednesday in Attleboro District Court to charges of uttering a counterfeit note and possession of a counterfeit note.
Police tell The Sun Chronicle the 29-year-old Leland used the fake notes on three consecutive days at the North Attleborough store to buy items worth less than $25.
Leland's lawyer said her client has struggled with drug and alcohol problems and untreated mental health issues, and had a relapse.
The current technology set of scanners and printers do a remarkable job of copying and printing.
For a few hundred bucks you can print your own, finding the correct paper stock is the real challenge
ut·ter·ingâ--â the crime of knowingly tendering or showing a forged instrument or counterfeit coin to another with intent to defraud.
"Dana Leland of Central Falls, R.I., was held on $1,000 cash bail after pleading not guilty Wednesday in Attleboro District Court to charges of uttering a counterfeit note"
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How do you "utter" a counterfeit note?
@Glassman
In the U.S., uttering is the act of offering a forged document to another when the offeror has knowledge that the document is forged.[5] Uttering does not require that the person who presented the document actually forged or altered the document. For example, forging a log for personal profit might be considered uttering and publishing. Another example would be the forging of a university diploma. As an example of the law itself, the State of Michigan defines the offense (MCL 750.249): "Any person who utters and publishes as true any false, forged, altered or counterfeit record, deed, instrument or other writing specified, knowing it to be false, altered, forged, or counterfeit, with intent to injure or defraud is guilty of uttering and publishing."[6]
Forging or illegal "publishing" of an official or unofficial document is not the essence of uttering. Uttering is the actual presentation of forged or official documentation as one's own.
 @Glassman In criminal law, "utter" means to put into circulation.
Looks like Lincoln in that picture had a McStroke.
Better check the bills he uses to pay his bail! Â :)
I am guessing this guy has never seen a $100 bill before.
Too many beers + too much Nascar= THIS idiot. lol.
@Wolfen No its more like too much meth and crack from the city.
is Leland's lawyer really telling us that a retarded druggie was able to produce counter-fit bills? i'd only go with this one if he was just USING the bills not PRODUCING them as well as using.
This is why printing your own money is a bad idea
Wait- he used the bills for 3 days before he got caught? Didn't the person taking the money notice they had the wrong President on them? As for the man who made them- youcan't fix stupid, at least not when they are this stupid.  Â
@MomOf2 I know, right? I think the clerk should be charged as well.
Oh, the last sentence says it all. That answered all my questions.
Brilliant.... not! Go to prison....
@Funky-Munky NO the last thing we need is more inmates to pay for- first get this man CLIPPED- after all we don't want him breeding- THEN make him work, somewhere, doing something.Â
 @MomOf2 The US Mint should hire him