Hays Post

Two Chicago residents were arrested this week in western Kansas on suspicion of passing fake currency as they traveled west.

According to the Hays Police Department, Beonca Robinson, 18, and Tanija Walton, 22, were arrested Monday by a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper on I-70 in Goodland.

Police said fake $100 bills were passed at two businesses in Russell and six businesses in Hays.

After the arrest, Robinson and Walton were transported back to Hays where they were interviewed by officers from the Hays and Russell police departments.

Both have been charged with making false information and theft by deception, the HPD reported. The remain in the Ellis County jail.