Indiasa Wallace

WARSAW — More details and charges have been released on the actions of Indiasa Angelica Wallace, 21, 836 Oak Lawn Court, Fort Wayne, following her arrest Saturday, Aug. 12, on counterfeiting charges.

She was arrested Saturday and held on $5,250 surety and cash bond.

Documents filed Aug. 17, in Kosciusko Superior Court 1, show Wallace is facing charges of corrupt business influence, a level 5 felony and three counts of counterfeiting, level 6 felonies.

The affidavit of probable cause states Warsaw Police responded to a call of a female using counterfeit money at Payless Shoes. The store manager advised a female, later identified as Wallace, entered the store and attempted to purchase merchandise with a counterfeit $100. That purchase was denied and Wallace left the store.

Police were advised that Wallace had exited a white Ford that was still in the parking lot. Additionally while Wallace was in the store she dropped a Kmart receipt, showing a $100 transaction. Wallace was observed going into Bath and Body.

The officer approached the vehicle and identified the driver as Shawndrell Franklin. When Wallace exited Bath and Body she was approached by officers and produced a receipt that she had purchased $14.93 in merchandise with a $100 bill, receiving $86.02 change. Police then obtained the counterfeit money.

A search of the vehicle found $500 in counterfeit $100 bills under the driver’s seat, containing the same serial numbers. Police found bags with merchandise and receipts from Staples, Big R, KMart, Shoe Sensation, Dollar General and Aldi’s. In each instance the receipts showed the items were purchased with a $100 bill and cash totaling $703.47 given as change. The receipts showed purchases were on Aug. 12..

Police found $280 in cash in the vehicle, $320 in Franklin’s possession and $71 in Wallace’s purchase. Based on receipts recovered at least $627 in cash came from change received from businesses in Warsaw.

Officers went to the local businesses to return to the merchandise and obtain the counterfeit money.

Officials at KMart reported they had received three counterfeit $100 bills. Two of those bills matched the serial numbers on the money found in Franklin’s vehicle. Officials at KMart verified at one of the bills was used by Wallace, while the other two were used by two other females. A review of the surveillance video showed the other two females presenting the counterfeit bills for purchases of items valued at small amounts and a large amount of money being given in change.

Staples officials also reported receiving two counterfeit bills, both containing the same serial numbers. Wallace was identified as one of the females and the second female was the same one seen on the KMart surveillance video.

Wallace told police Franklin had the counterfeit bills with him when she met him and admitted to making the purchases at the stores. Police were also told that Franklin went into the store with her sometimes, but not all the time. Payless Shoes and Dunham’s would not accept the counterfeit money, according to Wallace.