Counterfeiting defendant draws 180-day jail term

day spent there would count against her jail term.

Sifuentez, 19, of Sidney, was also given credit for 54 days spent in custody after her Jan. 29 arrest.

A plea deal in her case was made in April, when she pleaded no contest to two charges of criminal attempt of possession of forged instruments – class I misdemeanors. She originally faced two felonies for her participation in passing counterfeit money to area businesses last winter.

Chief Deputy County Attorney Jon Stellar told Weimer that Sifuentez has admitted to using various drugs, and despite being free on bond since January, she has not...