CROSSVILLE (WATE) - Three people were charged Friday in a Crossville counterfeiting case.
Detectives tracked counterfeit money for a month in banks, businesses like gas stations, convenience stores and restaurants and at the World's Longest Yard sale.
Police say Wesley McGhee, 23, of Crossville, is suspected of making $10 and $20 bills. He's charged with one
count of criminal simulation. Other state charges are
pending, along with possible federal charges.
Ronald Stephen Thacker,
47, of Crossville, is suspected of converting 5.00 bills into $50s. He's charged with two counts
of criminal simulation.
Detectives say they found
a printer, computer, and cleaning materials used for laundering money, as well as a laundered $5.00
bill when they arrested Thacker. He was also
arrested in 2009 for the same crime in
Crossville.
Sara D. Bennett, of Rockwood, was arrested Friday in Roane County as a suspect who passed converted $50 bills. She's charged with one
count of criminal simulation.
Sara D. Bennett (source: Roane County Sheriff's Office)
