More than $30,000 in counterfeit money found in Perry hotel and stuffed in police car

Five people have been arrested after the discovery of more than $30,000 in counterfeit currency.

Some of the counterfeit bills were stuffed into the back seat of a police car.

Quantesha Ann Kirkland, 25; Jasmene Zenne Royal, 26; Donye Lavar Washington, 22; Tranorris Lamar Jackson, 25; and Terry James Tolliver, 24, were all charged with forgery, according to a Perry police release.

The arrests followed a traffic stop of Kirkland Thursday for driving without her headlights on.

She was arrested on charges of driving on a suspended license, misdemeanor marijuana possession and failure to use headlights. Royal, a passenger, was also arrested on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge.

While being taken to jail, Kirkland and Royal stuffed more than a dozen $100 counterfeit bills in the back seat of a patrol car, Perry police Capt. Heath Dykes said in a text.

"They had it on their person and tried to conceal it," Dykes texted.

That led to a search of their hotel room at the Howard Johnson, where about $30,000 in counterfeit currency was found. The arrests of Washington, Jackson and Tolliver followed, the release said.

Washington, Jackson and Tolliver were also charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession.

This story was originally published April 27, 2018 at 2:39 PM with the headline "More than $30,000 in counterfeit money found in Perry hotel and stuffed in police car."