According to Mayfield Police Chief Nathan Kent, over the course of the last month, his office has fielded seven complaints of counterfeit money being passed to city businesses. On Wednesday, an officer responded to a call for service at Walmart regarding a stolen check.
While at the store, the officer observed Bobby Joe Brown, who, according to police, had an active warrant for his arrest and was also a suspect connected to the stolen check. When officers arrested Brown, he was found to be in possession of a large amount of counterfeit cash.
Officers obtained a search warrant for a home on Lampkins Road and during the search, they found uncut printed counterfeit bills, a printer believed to be used in the manufacture of the bills, paper consistent with the printing of money, methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia.
Brown and a woman at the home, Shannon Morrison, were each charged with possession of methamphetamine, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, criminal possession of a forgery device, criminal possession of a forged instrument and forgery.
Both were booked into the Graves County Jail.
