Investigators with the Christian County Sheriff’s Office Highway Interdiction Unit stopped a vehicle Tuesday morning that led to the arrest of an Illinois man.
According to a CCSO arrest citation, Deputy Clevin Robinson stopped a vehicle on I-24 at around the 77-mile marker, eastbound for a traffic infraction. The driver, 35-year-old Kirk Curtis of Robbins, Illinois was operating the vehicle without a valid driver’s license and no insurance. Deputy Robinson obtained consent to search the vehicle and located a large amount of counterfeit currency in multiple denominations, a firearm with the serial number scratched off, and multiple rounds of ammunition. It was determined during the stop that Curtis was also a convicted felon.
Curtis was arrested and charged with the following:
- Speeding
- Rim or Frame Obscuring Lettering or Decal on a Registration Plate
- Carrying a Concealed Weapon by Prior Deadly Weapon Felony Offender
- No Insurance
- Possession of a Defaced Firearm
- No Operator’s License
- Criminal Possession of a Forged Instrument 1st Degree
- Possession of a Handgun by a Convicted Felon
Curtis was transported to the Christian County Jail.
