Pair Pleads Guilty To Yard Sale Scam - NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather & Sports

ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) -- Two men have pleaded guilty to passing fake $100 bills at a yard sale in Tupelo last year.

Terry Brown of Huntingdon, Tenn., and Anthony Jones of Birmingham, Ala., entered the pleas Monday in federal court in Aberdeen to one count each of passing counterfeit notes.

Each faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. No sentencing date has been set.

Brown and Jones were arrested in August 2011 on accusations they purchased merchandise at several yard sales and paid for it with fake U.S. currency.

They were indicted on four counts each later in August and were scheduled to go on trial Monday.

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