Sowry was combative with medics and had to be restrained while en route to Miami Valley Hospital, where was treated and released, according to Dayton police and hospital records.
Police searched the vehicle for inventory purposes before it was towed and found $305 in counterfeit bills in denominations of 20s, 10s and 5s, according to the police report.
Sowry is a known counterfeiter who is wanted in Sugarcreek Twp. and possibly other jurisdictions on allegations of forgery, according to Todd Bagby, Secret Service agent in charge of the Dayton office.
He was convicted last year in Butler County on counterfeit-related charges stemming from an incident in West Chester Twp., Bagby said. Butler County court records show Sowry was indicted for forgery with two other defendants and was ultimately sentenced to eight months in jail.
Bagby said his office is working with Dayton police on the investigation. He said Sowry was cited, but the amount of fake money he had did not rise above the threshold for federal charges.
Sowry is being held in the Greene County Jail on a failure to appear in court, according to jail records.
Bagby said the fake bills were probably produced on a home computer and did not have the watermark, fibers and other features present on real currency.
“If someone thinks they have a counterfeit note, look at it with another note or hold it up to the light,” Bagby said. “(Sowry’s bills) didn’t have the detailed, distinct security features that computer-generated counterfeit bills fail to have.”
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