Counterfeiting and Assault at Hill Middle School

UPDATE: Fox 4 News video on hall monitor's arrest here

UPDATE: Jordan posted bond in the assault case only to find he had warrant in Irving--so he's still in jail!

Dallas.Org has learned that two serious, but unrelated, events have happened this week at Robert T. Hill Middle School. The first (and most serious) involved several students manufacturing and passing counterfeit $10 bills at the school. The second involved an altercation between a DISD hall monitor and a student that resulted in the arrest of the 40-year old employee.

The counterfeit $10 bills began turning up Tuesday in the lunchroom of the school. By Wednesday, several more had been passed in the school.

According to sources, the bills were produced by a male student and then "passed around" with the help of two female students.

The bills were turned over to Dallas ISD Police Officer Epifanio Garfias on Wednesday.

One source we spoke to told Dallas.Org that the students have not been formally disciplined but were "sent home."

Counterfeiting of U.S. currency is a federal crime enforced by the United States Secret Service. Reportedly, the bills are in the possession of the DISD Police Department and no report has yet been made to the Secret Service.

According to a source in the DISD Police Department, the case is still under investigation and they are in the process of making a report.

There is no word, however, as to why the incident wasn't immediately reported to the Secret Service.

In an unrelated event, there was an altercation between a female student and a DISD hall monitor at Hill Middle School that resulted in the arrest of the 40-year old hall monitor Willar Taylor Jordan, Jr.

Jordan was booked into the Dallas County Jail Thursday afternoon on felony charges of injury to a child. His bond was set at $2,500.

According to one source, the female student slapped the hall monitor and he slapped her back. Another source told Dallas.Org the female student ended up with a "bloodied nose." Dallas.Org has received more information that another school employee may be arrested in connection with the case.

DISD has officially been "mum" on both of these events all day. Their official position was communicated to us late today by a spokesman who said:

Unfortunately, I'm very limited in what I can say.  I do know, however,
that district police responded to both incidents and have been working
with the appropriate authorities.

Wish I could say more.

Fortunately for our readers, however, we know plenty. Dallas.Org will bring you more on these events as they unfold.

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