W’burg woman accused of passing counterfeit $100 bill

A Williamsburg woman, who allegedly recently used a counterfeit $100 bill to pay for items in Save-A-Lot, denied to police that she had been in the store despite carrying a Save-A-Lot bag with a receipt and change from a $100 bill, according to her arrest citation.

About 6:18 p.m. on Jan. 26, Williamsburg Police Officer Eddie Cain arrested Elizabeth Gibson Jones, 47, charging her with two counts of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

The incident started when Williamsburg police received a call about someone passing a counterfeit $100 bill, which police recovered at the store the citation stated.

Jones was taken to the Whitley County Detention Center where authorities allegedly recovered a second counterfeit $100 bill on her, according to the citation.

Both bogus $100 bills had the same serial number, LB45440078L.

“She also has a number of credit cards and personal checks in other names,” Cain wrote.

Whitley District Judge Fred White entered a not guilty plea for Jones during her arraignment Thursday morning.

Jones waived her right to a preliminary hearing Monday morning in Whitley District Court in exchange for her bond being reduced from $1,500 cash to a $1,000 third party surety or signature bond.

Jones is tentatively scheduled to appear in Whitley Circuit Court on April 19 to see whether an indictment is returned, but this date could change if further COVID-19 restrictions are implemented.