Newberg-Dundee police arrest man for allegedly passing counterfeit $100 bills

William Elwood Martin faces charges in multiple counties for spree throughout western Oregon

A California man repeatedly arrested for passing counterfeit $100 bills along the Interstate 5 corridor is in custody after allegedly attempting to do the same in Yamhill County.

William Elwood Martin, 57, was apprehended by a Newberg-Dundee officer on Oct. 4 on a single charge of first-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument. He was lodged in the county jail after being arraigned Oct. 6 in Yamhill County Circuit Court by Judge Ladd Wiles…

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