Photo provided Edinburgh police provided this photo of counterfeit money confiscated following the arrest of two people at Indiana Premium Outlet Mall on Thursday.
EDINBURGH — Edinburgh police arrested two people after they were called to the Indiana Premium Outlet Mall about a counterfeit money report at Carter’s clothing store.
Police said a witness followed a female suspect wearing a pink socking hat with a mask and green pants and notified officers were sent to the outlet mall. Officers identified the vehicle as a black Toyota Camry with a blacked out license plate cover and dark tinted windows.
Officers said the female suspect ran from a store and got inside the back of the Camry. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle at Executive Drive and Marketplace Drive, but the driver, later identified as William Cokley, age and address unavailable, and the passenger, Erica May, age and address unavailable, fled southbound on U.S. 31 the wrong way in the northbound lanes of traffic nearly striking several vehicles. Cokley was able to cut across the median and fled southbound on I-65.
The vehicle was stopped on I-65 near the 65-mile marker after the vehicle tried to back up the interstate the wrong way but was blocked by stopped semi traffic. Cokley and May were taken into custody without incident.
Officers were able to retrieve four counterfeit bills thrown out of the car during the vehicle pursuit as well as the two counterfeit bills recovered at Carter’s, officers said.
Cokley and May were arrested and transported to the Bartholomew County Jail without incident on preliminary charges of counterfeiting, theft, resisting law enforcement in a vehicle, possession of marijuana and other driving charges, police said.
