(La Porte, IN) - A Chicago-area woman has now been charged after having allegedly used counterfeit money at a store in La Porte, before leading police on a high speed chase.

Kierra Gault, 24, bought merchandise at Walmart with fake money nearly two months ago.  Three days later, she purportedly went back to return some of the items so she could get a refund in the form of real cash.

Police were called and wound up chasing her on Lincolnway and Pine Lake Ave. at very high speeds before heading northbound on Indiana 39. The officers quit chasing her, though, when she crossed over the Michigan state line.

Eventually, investigators obtained her address, and later an arrest warrant.

Gault appeared in La Porte Circuit Court for her initial hearing yesterday.  Another hearing in the case is scheduled for next month.