DENTON - Two UNT students arrested earlier this month face state and possible federal charges of cash forgery, a third-degree felony, after trying to use counterfeit bills they made in their dorm room, police said. Brent Bakewell, a business freshman, and Keeley Dunnam, a dance freshman, were arrested outside of Maple Hall sometime after midnight Nov. 7, when a police search of Bakewell’s dorm room uncovered a number of fake $20 bills. Officers originally received a tip about the forgery from an employee at a local convenience store, who refused service to Bakewell, a “regular” at the store, when he attempted to buy a pack of cigarettes with a counterfeit bill on Nov. 6. Officers obtained permission to search, and Grelle said it appeared the counterfeit money had been made in the dorm room, although it is unclear how.
Dan Rowe, a delivery driver with Jimmy John’s, said the shop received a call from Denton police the evening of Nov. 6 that asked employees to check all the $20 bills they had received that day. “I take more than 30 orders a night; I don’t always pay attention,” Rowe said, adding that he didn’t recognize the fake money when it was used to pay for a sandwich. “But when I took it out of my wallet, it was obvious it was an amateur thing,” he said.
Well, when a sandwich delivery driver refers to your operation as amateur, it could only be some sloppy, unprofessional freshmen pulling the strings, just getting a little too aggressive when the heat is on. At least we know why Ross Evans was in Denton though, right? Greed will take down even the greatest criminals eventually. I mean, who really believes that a UNT freshman is whipping out $20's to pay for a delivered sandwich like he's some SMU fraternity president? When you're expecting a chump kid to try and pay with nickles, leftover Ramen, string, and unwarranted, hyper-ideological political diatribes every other time, flashing $20's in Maple Hall sends red flags every time.
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