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In a separate fake-drug case, a man who was released from the Montana State Prison on Sunday may be headed back there after he tried to sell fake LSD to two police officers.

According to the affidavit in that case, police received a report on Wednesday of a man trying to trade LSD for marijuana under the north end of the Madison Street Bridge. Two officers dressed in plain clothes arrived at the scene and found a man matching the description of the suspect, later identified as Peter Sheridan Moldenhauer.

As one of the officers approached Moldenhauer, he allegedly asked the officers where they were heading and then told them he did not trust them. The officers walked away, but Moldenhauer, who reportedly appeared intoxicated, followed them through the parking lot of the DoubleTree Hotel, telling one of them along the way that he had recently gotten out of prison after serving a felony DUI sentence, the affidavit said.

Shortly thereafter, the officers say Moldenhauer produced a sheet of white paper, claiming it was LSD and offering to sell it to them. After accepting a $20 bill from one of the officers, a marked patrol car arrived at the scene and Moldenhauer was arrested.