Logan man pleads guilty for trying to pass counterfeit money

Booking photo for Paul P. Dean (Courtesy: Cache County Jail).

LOGAN — A 25-year-old Logan man has confessed to passing counterfeit money at two stores. Paul P. Dean accepted a plea deal and will now be sentenced next month.

Court records show, Dean participated in a virtual hearing in 1st District Court Monday afternoon. He pleaded guilty to forgery, a third-degree felony; and, possession of a forgery device, amended to a class A misdemeanor.

Dean was arrested in May after Logan City police officers were called to a grocery store on report of a male individual who allegedly used $300 in counterfeit $20 bills to purchase a gift card. The purchase had occurred the day before. The fake money was detected and taken as evidence. The card was also canceled by the store after the transaction.

Security video footage showed a man matching Dean’s appearance purchasing the card.

Dean returned to the store, complaining that the card would not work, prompting the call to police. While searching him, the officer found another prepaid Visa card from a nearby retail store. A receipt showed that it also had been bought with $300 cash.

An officer responded to the store to ask about the transaction and found several counterfeit $20 bills in the register where the purchase had occurred. Security video footage again showed a man matching Dean’s appearance buying the card.

Officers later served a search warrant to Dean’s residence. They located several dozen more counterfeit bills in various denominations.

During Monday’s court hearing, Judge Angela Fonnesbeck scheduled sentencing for Dean on August 17.

Dean is currently out of jail after posting $2,500 bail. He has been trespassed from the two stores.


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4 Comments

  • Blayne July 9, 2020 at 3:30 pm Reply

    Do they not allow retakes on mug shots? This is just plain bad.

    • Test July 10, 2020 at 1:05 pm Reply

      That is the retake.

  • SelfEdAmerican July 9, 2020 at 5:26 pm Reply

    So did he pay his bail with counterfeit as well? 🙂

    • Marty Mickelson July 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm Reply

      My thoughts on the bail exactly. Don’t take cash.

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