Two Charged After Allegedly Passing Fake $100 Bills In Flomaton, Century

November 23, 2011

Two Pensacola men were jailed after they allegedly passed three counterfeit $100 bills in Flomaton and Century Tuesday evening.

Lamarcus Dontay Brown, 26, and Melvin Donshea Coley, 29, were both booked into the Escambia County (Fla.) Jail Tuesday night on charges of uttering counterfeit currency, petit theft and fraud.

Brown and Coley reportedly first passed a counterfeit $100 bill at a Dollar General and at an Advance Auto Parts store in Flomaton. At each store, they made small purchases under $10, paying with the allegedly fake bills in order to receive a large amount of change. After leaving Flomaton, the men also reportedly paid for small purchase at a Dollar General store in Century with a forged $100 bill.

A store manager from Flomaton spotted the vehicle occupied by the two men in Century and followed it south on Highway 29 until Escambia County Sheriff’s deputies were able to catch up and conduct a traffic stop near Black Road south of Century.

Brown, the driver of the vehicle, was also charged as a habitual traffic offender, driving without a license and with providing a false name to deputies.

Both men are expected to face additional charges in Flomaton.

The case remains under investigation by the Escambia County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office and the Flomaton Police Department.

Comments

12 Responses to “Two Charged After Allegedly Passing Fake $100 Bills In Flomaton, Century”

  1. 429SCJ on November 25th, 2011 6:30 am

    These boys have entered the Federal Arena. I would imagine a trip up to Penn State, as in Lewisburg Federal Prison is in store. The Money Changers at the Fed will not be as tolerant as the state of Florida was. David, I guess it is true, the truth will set you free, at least 50+ times anyway.

  2. Everett on November 25th, 2011 12:10 am

    David Huie Green said:

    “I’m amazed they were ever arrested in the first place. One of them has the same name as a gentleman who’s been arrested or charged over fifty times and admitted guilt over and over and is still walking around free — or was up until this incident”

    You can thank our liberal revolving door court system for this.

  3. bleeding blue and orange on November 24th, 2011 7:40 am

    Personally I think you guys do a great job of covering stories in our area. I have never had any issues with any comments left off of your site. By the way I love reading your comments David, you usually have some funny twists or points made :)

  4. hawghead on November 23rd, 2011 9:35 pm

    Excuse me but could I get a pack of gum?…..Ok thanks here’s a $100.00 it’s the smallest I have……

  5. William on November 23rd, 2011 7:28 pm

    >>I’ve commented a few times on here and its never been posted. have not used profanity nor said anything worse than the post before me. starting to think this is policed by a bunch of Obama lovin liberals!

    Actually, your last post at 6:54 tonight was not was not approved because it contained profanity. We don’t talk like that around here.

    There are no other posts this year from your email address or IP address, so a “few times” does not really seem to apply. There are a couple from last year, both not approved due to profanity.

  6. not my 2 cents on November 23rd, 2011 7:09 pm

    I’ve commented a few times on here and its never been posted. have not used profanity nor said anything worse than the post before me. starting to think this is policed by a bunch of Obama lovin liberals!

  7. David Huie Green on November 23rd, 2011 6:51 pm

    REGARDING:
    “I am sure they have a clean record to boot! Just by looking at their mug shots makes me believe they are innocent and need to be released ASAP.”

    I’m with you; they look like sweeties to me and should be released immediately.

    I’m amazed they were ever arrested in the first place. One of them has the same name as a gentleman who’s been arrested or charged over fifty times and admitted guilt over and over and is still walking around free — or was up until this incident.

    David considering wasted efforts

  8. Wondering... on November 23rd, 2011 3:36 pm

    I would like for bwayne to explain, too?!

  9. James Broel on November 23rd, 2011 12:48 pm

    BWayne, can you please explain your comment?

  10. bwayne on November 23rd, 2011 8:11 am

    That must be the “Change” we’ve been promised.

  11. bleeding blue and orange on November 23rd, 2011 7:51 am

    Remember that these men are accused of the crime not guilty! They look like fine outstanding citizens to me, I am sure they have a clean record to boot! Just by looking at their mug shots makes me belive they are innocent and need to be released asap.

  12. Good work on November 23rd, 2011 1:39 am

    Good work to all the LEOs involved! Hopefully they were caught before too many fakes were passed. Be careful folks!

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