Person arrested in Mount Horeb after using fraudulent $100 bill with Trump's face on it

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They're going to prosecute... Happy Holidays.

Full Article below.

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - One person was arrested in Mount Horeb after using a fraudulent $100 bill at a Kwik Trip.

The Mount Horeb Police Department said the call came in on Tuesday, when staff reported a customer using a fake bill.

The bill looked realistic, officials said, with realistic size and appearance including the 3D blue security ribbon and holograms. The tell, however, was that the bill had an image of Donald Trump on it instead of Benjamin Franklin.

Officials said that the fake bill was mixed amongst regular bills.

After reviewing body camera footage and confirming the Kwik Trip requested to press charges, the suspect was arrested for forgery and booked into the Dane County Jail.

https://www.wmtv15news.com/2025/12/26/person-arrested-mount-horeb-after-using-fraudulent-100-bill-with-trumps-face-it/

[dweller]

1. lol

smdh




✌🏻

[2naSalit]

2. Wow...

I lived in that little town for a few years a long time ago. Before the bypass was built.

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4. Epic Systems changed their world. Verona too.

[2naSalit]

5. I'm almost afraid to ask...

I haven't been back through there since before 1985.

I guess an electronics something or other business moved in and took over?

[Ellipsis]

11. Health Care software found in 1979 in Madison, moved corporate headquarters to Verona. 14,000 employees.

Epic Systems dominates the U.S. hospital Electronic Health Record (EHR) market, holding roughly 38-42% market share.

You wouldn't recognize the east side. The downtown is still the same.

[2naSalit]

13. Ah yes...

I remember them now. Geeze Verona and Mt Horeb were such sleepy towns, but they were also economic black holes in the early 80s I can see where it had its benefits.

[sheshe2]

3. Good!

What an asshole.

[Dr. T]

6. Let me guess. The asshat who passed the bill claimed

to be sovereign and therefore not subject to United States laws.

[yourout]

7. I have known the guy for 40 years and I have a hard time believing it was intentional.

Yes he is a righty but intentionally counterfeiting I have a hard time believing.
He lost his wife a few years back and his health is not great.
He is a Vietnam vet and was wounded 5 times.
He has enough money and property and it would be really really out of character.

[haele]

9. If you know him, sounds like it might have been a mistake.

Vietnam Vets can be anywhere from 68 to 85 years old, and pretty wore out by now. If he got caught in the Trump cult, he could easily have to gotten ahold of one of the more realistic fake $100s, and didn't recognize it as a fake when he gathered cash to o go shopping.

[Ellipsis]

15. You do? Small world. I thought he gave it as a joke. I'm sorry to hear that then.

I heard it on Wisconsin Public Radio on the drive home.

This will come back to bite Kwik Trip in the ass.

[Aristus]

24. Who gives a shit?

He decided that any bill with Fuckbrain’s ugly mug on it was legal tender. I hope they throw the book at him.

Being a Vietnam veteran doesn’t indemnify one against ideologically driven dickshittery.

[orleans]

25. i googled to find another article with more info

and this mentioned several other things including his friend saying he had post it notes around the house to help him remember what he was supposed to be doing.
"Family friend Robyn Booth said Smith was dealing with a staph infection and was preparing for a fourth knee surgery."

he was arrested at his house, cops wouldn't let him take his meds before he left, and the oven was left on.

"Booth said the novelty bill was accidentally mixed in with Smith’s real money.

“It was mixed in with his other bills, and he doesn't even know how it got into his wallet, which makes sense, because he's not thinking straight,” Booth said.

https://www.wkow.com/news/mount-horeb-veteran-released-after-spending-christmas-in-jail-over-novelty-100-bill/article_b1a6b43e-f56c-4726-a4f5-3c340a6a6c31.html

he was in jail for three days and doesn't sound like he's doing too good

so now i'm wondering where that "novelty" bill came from.
was trump team selling that crap, making them look as real as possible while still putting trump's pic on it? or was someone just turning them out without a trump connection?
from the op article "The bill looked realistic, officials said, with realistic size and appearance including the 3D blue security ribbon and holograms. "

if it really was meant to be a novelty bill why would they need to bother with a 3D blue security ribbon & holograms? if trump team was hawking these things i think THEY should be charged with forgery!

[yourout]

26. It's a sad situation. He really went through hell in Vietnam

If I remember right he was injured in 1969 or 1970 when he was 19 years old time I believe.
They got ambushed and every time he moved for an hour they put another bullet in him.
Got hit in the forearm and the upper arm and down one hip and another one near his spine.

[orangecrush]

30. If that is the case

He needs help, not prison.

[flvegan]

28. Mens rea.

If what you allege is true, I hope he has competent defense counsel.

[haele]

8. Let me guess, he paid $125 for it from some *rump Fundraiser email.

And thought it was actual legal tender, now that *rump is Prez.

[William Seger]

23. It might be legal tender by now -- #rump can do whatever he wants with an executive order

... and neither Congress nor the Supreme Court will stop him.

[IronLionZion]

10. I rarely come across hundred dollar bills

but know Benjamin Franklin is on it from rap songs.

[sakabatou]

12. It's a cult

One where you're either gobbling Dump's BS, or rich enough to get even more money from the suckers.

[COL Mustard]

14. I could picture Trump's ugly face on a $3 bill....

But nothing of any value whatsoever.

[AdamGG]

16. Off brand Monopoly monery

As maybe a psychotic version of Uncle Pennybags. Wasn't there a Trump board game that went bankrupt like all his other ventures?

[moniss]

17. But most importantly does he have to give back his Kwik Rewards points? nt

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20. LOL

[Orrex]

18. Has Trump pardoned him yet?

[Maru Kitteh]

19. Best story all day!

[PatrickforB]

21. Well, the Trumpie should have known! Billionaires get to be lawless and GOP presidents, too! But not him...n/t

[William Seger]

22. Idiot savant -- a genius engraver, but not too bright (nt)

[Coldwater]

27. Earlier this year I believe it was Joe Wilson of Texas

who wanted to introduce legislation to have trump's face on the $100 dollar bill

When that failed, he proposed trump on the $250 dollar bill, ...lol..

[GoneOffShore]

29. The story just seems sad.