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ELECTION.
THEY SAY HE PASSED OFF PHONY
100-DOLLAR BILLS ALL AROUND
GREENVILLE -- COUNTERFEITS HE
ALLEGEDLY PRINTED HIMSELF.NOW,
THE 71-YEAR-OLD MAN IS FACING
FELONY COUNTERFEIT CHARGES.24
HOUR NEWS 8'S KEN KOLKER SPENT
THE DAY IN GREENVILLE AND HAS
THIS REPORT.
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NEIGHBORS WEREN'T SURPRISED
WHEN POLICE RAIDED THIS HOME.
WHAT SURPRISED THEM WAS WHY.
WHY."I DIDN'T EXPECT THAT. I
EXPECTED THE RAID WAS GOING TO
BE OVER DRUGS, NOT
COUNTERFEITING."POLICE SAY
71-YEAR-OLD DANNY ROGER WAS
PRINTING $100 BILLS
HERE...WITH A COLOR COPIER AND
OFFICE PAPER...THEN PASSING
THEM OFF TO AREA
BUSINESSES...EVEN THOUGH THESE
BILLS WERE CLEARLY THE WORK OF
AN AMATEUR.TODAY, DEPUTIES
SHOWED US A BLACK AND WHITE
COPY OF HIS ALLEGED WORK...
WORK..."IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY,
IT'S EASY TO TELL THAT THEY'RE
NOT REAL BILLS."DEPUTIES SAY
THEY ALSO FOUND EVIDENCE OF
OTHER CRIMES -- *** AND
MARIJUANA, AS WELL AS WEAPONS
-- AT HIS HOME.ROGER ALLEGEDLY
HIT ONE VICTIM TWICE --
MICHAEL'S FARM MARKET, NORTH
OF GREENVILLE...THE SECOND
TIME THIS WEEK...
WEEK..."YOU CAN SEE HOW SLOW
BUSINESS IS, WE CAN'T AFFORD
TO BE OUT $200."SHE BELIEVES
ROGER HAD PASSED ONE OF THE
PHONY BENJAMIN FRANKLINS A FEW
WEEKS AGO AT THE FARM MARKET...
HER GRANDDAUGHTER TRIED USING
IT AT MCDONALD'S EARLIER THIS
WEEK...GETTING THE ATTENTION
OF POLICE...
POLICE..."THEY WERE GOING TO
TAKE HER TO JAIL, AND SHE WAS
PETRIFIED."WE CHECKED ROGER'S
RECORD -- FOUND THAT IT'S
OLDER THAN MOST OF THE
OFFICERS WHO RAIDED HIS
HOME...IT STARTED IN 1958,
WHEN HE WAS 18 AND STOLE A
CAR....IT CONTINUED THROUGH
1964...THERE'S A 45-YEAR GAP
BEFORE IT PICKS UP AGAIN IN
2009...HE'S GOT 2 PENDING DRUG
CASES AFTER AN ARREST IN JULY.
JULY.POLICE SAY THEY'VE TAKEN
THE CASE TO THE SECRET
SERVICE, BUT IT ISN'T CLEAR IF
THIS WILL LEAD TO FEDERAL
CHARGES. IN GREENVILLE, KEN
KOLKER, 24 HOUR NEWS 8.