Man booked into jail on other charges has alleged counterfeit bills on him

YOUNGSTOWN — The five counterfeit $100 bills a man allegedly carried on him compounded his legal troubles when he was booked into Mahoning County jail.

Christopher Brooks, 25, of Oak Street Extension, was booked into the lockup Dec. 2 after city police arrested him on a warrant on charges of receiving stolen property and possessing criminal tools, both felonies.

When an inmate arrives at the jail, sheriff’s deputies routinely take whatever money he has on him and put it into his commissary account, refunding any unspent money to him when he leaves the jail, said Alki Santamas, jail director.

By arriving at the jail with the reported counterfeit bills and turning them over to sheriff’s deputies, Brooks got himself into even more trouble in the form of a county grand jury indictment on money laundering and forgery charges.

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