Trio Charged With Having Phony Money, Real Drugs

August 21, 2013

A Cantonment man and two Pensacola residents are accused of passing phony money and having real drugs in their vehicle when they were arrested.

Scott Thomas Toto, age 44 of Cantonment,  Dexter Jermor Campbell, 27, and Jessica Tera Tipton, 26,  were each charged with uttering a counterfeit Federal Reserve note, possession of ten or more counterfeit Federal Reserve notes, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of crack and powder cocaine.

Deputies were tipped off  by the Barnes Dollar Store on Pace Boulevard after Toto allegedly tried to spend a fake $10 bill. When the clerk realized the bill was phony, Toto took it back and fled the store. The store clerk was able to provide a description of the vehicle, along with a partial tag number.

Less than an hour later, deputies conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle on Hollywood Boulevard near Hernandez Street.  Campbell, the driver, and Toto were  detained right away, but Tipton reportedly refused commands from the deputy. She began to fight with the deputy, hitting him at least twice, before fleeing on foot. She was later taken into custody after a manhunt utilizing a K-9 unit.

A K-9 alerted to the presence of drugs in the vehicle. Inside the car, deputies reported finding crack  and powdered cocaine and numerous drug paraphernalia items. Deputies also reported Tipton dropped a cigarette package during the struggle with the deputy; inside the package they found crack cocaine and marijuana.

Also in the vehicle, deputies reported finding a package of paper consistent with the type used to print counterfeit money, a copier-printer and other items used to allegedly make the fake cash. Deputies also found receipts from multiple stores were items were recently purchased.

Campbell was released from the Escambia County Jail on a $16,000 bond, while Toto remained in jail early Wednesday with bond set at $51,000.

Tipton was also charged with resisting a law enforcement officer with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of marijuana and trespassing.  She is being held in the Escambia County Jail without bond due to an outstanding warrant for violating her probation in a grand theft auto case.

Comments

9 Responses to “Trio Charged With Having Phony Money, Real Drugs”

  1. baebae on August 23rd, 2013 6:40 am

    Toto did what a lot of people do…took the money and run

  2. Anastasia on August 21st, 2013 2:46 pm

    Ok, can we sign up these idiots with a stupidest criminals’ reality TV show and make some money? Not the fake kind.

  3. DL Hall on August 21st, 2013 1:24 pm

    Moral Of Story – Your Money’s Not Worth The Paper Its Printed On …

  4. Rick on August 21st, 2013 12:41 pm

    Earl, you are so funny!

  5. David Huie Green on August 21st, 2013 11:27 am

    Henry,
    Not me, I was just thinking “Toto too?”

  6. Dennis on August 21st, 2013 10:25 am

    It is! About 5 years free room and board!

  7. Henry on August 21st, 2013 10:14 am

    OK, if nobody else is gonna say it, I will:

    Toto, you’re not in Kansas anymore.

    Sorry…had to be done…

  8. Earl Baldree on August 21st, 2013 9:37 am

    I am surprised they found her if they had a manhunt for her. It seems to me that would be a woman hunt!!!!

  9. Ben Thar on August 21st, 2013 8:27 am

    What? You can’t make your own money using a copier?

    Given the cost of ink, it oughta be worth something.

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