WALLA WALLA -- A man accused of passing counterfeit $20 bills at businesses in Novem-ber has pleaded guilty in Walla Walla County Superior Court.
Skyler I. Glasby, 23, entered guilty pleas to three counts of forgery, which are felonies, and one count of third-degree theft, a gross misdemeanor.
In pleading guilty, he didn't admit committing the crimes, but agreed the prosecution has evidence that could convict him.
The Dayton man could have been ordered to serve up to a year in the county jail. But on Tuesday, Judge John Lohr-mann went along with a prosecution recommendation and sentenced him to 60 days, with credit for 56 days served.
Police said Glasby and a co-defendant, Justin C. Kirk, 31, used two of the fake bills to buy automotive products and gas at a Sun Mart in Walla Walla on Nov. 12.
Later that day, they bought printer ink, paper and a few other items at Walmart in College Place using eight counterfeit $20s, according to a Walla Walla police report.
Glasby went back to the Sun Mart on Nov. 14 with a different man and bought lottery tickets using a single counterfeit $20, police said.
Each of the bills involved reportedly has one of two serial numbers.
As part of his sentence, Glasby was ordered to pay a total of $1,958.40 in fees and costs, including reimbursement to the businesses for the $220 stolen as a result of passing the counterfeit bills.
Glasby is a known gang member with convictions in Columbia County, officials said.
He was arrested Nov. 30 in Walla Walla following a 21-hour standoff with police at a mobile home. He was not charged with committing any crimes connected with the standoff.
After his arrest, Glasby told a detective he received money from a woman, but didn't know it was counterfeit. But he said he recalled getting a sheet of paper from the woman's printer "and on the paper was the image of copied currency," according to the police report.
"The more Skyler Glasby talked the more he seemed to know about the counterfeit money and where it came from," the report stated.
Kirk was charged last week with two counts of forgery and one count of third-degree theft. He remains free pending the outcome of his case.
