The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today that on Nov. 1, 2013, Tyrone A. Jones, 24, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, was sentenced to 30 months in prison, to be followed by 3 years of supervised release, in United States District Court in Benton, after pleading guilty to two counts of manufacturing and passing counterfeit United States currency.
At his plea on July 25, 2013, Jones admitted that on Feb. 10, 2013, and again on March 10, 2013, he passed over $600.00 in counterfeit currency at a business located in Alexander County, within the Southern District of Illinois. He also admitted that he had manufactured other counterfeit currency that was recovered by the United States Secret Service.
The case was investigated by agents of the United States Secret Service. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Ranley R. Killian.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
