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Salina man arrested attempting to use fake $20 bill

Morgenstern
Morgenstern

SALINA- A Salina man was arrested on Tuesday morning after trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill to purchase a bottle of water.

Police Captain Mike Sweeney said a clerk at the Family Dollar Store confronted Darrell Morgenstern on Tuesday morning.

Morgenstern took the bill back and left on a bicycle.

Police located him across the street near the McDonald’s.

Police obtained a search warrant and found the back of a $5 bill and three counterfeit $20 bills torn up in a trashcan in a bedroom of his home.

Morgenstern was arrested on requested charges of forgery and attempted theft.

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