Leesburg Police Officer Jimmy Deberry and Sheriff’s Office Investigators Shawn Rogers and Jeremy Stepps responded to a business in Leesburg on Tuesday and discovered the suspect was attempting to pass counterfeit U.S. currency.

41 year old Todd O. Jackson of Grove Oak, was taken into custody and transported to the Cherokee County Detention Center on charges of first degree criminal possession of a forged instrument.

Investigators recovered counterfeit money from the suspect and his vehicle.

From WEIS radio