Quick action by several Fayette

deputies Wednesday led to the arrest of a Jonesboro man for passing a

possible counterfeit $100 bill.

The arrest may provide a break

in other local counterfeit cases at Belk's and the Bath and Beauty Store,

according to detectives.

After viewing a video tape

of the incident at the Goody's at Fayette Pavilion, deputies Aaron Fenimore,

Mike Jones and Wayne Hall scoured adjacent parking lots looking for the

suspect. Tyrone Redditt, 30, was arrested before he could get to his car,

which was parked farther away from Goody's, said Lt. Mike Hattaway of

the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

"He had walked a long

way off, towards the Belk area," Hattaway said.

Redditt was caught with three

more potential counterfeit $100s in his possession, and he was charged

with three counts of forgery in the first degree and three counts of forgery

in the second degree.

The U.S. Secret Service is

assisting Fayette County detectives with the case, which may lead to federal

charges being filed, Hattaway noted. It is believed that Redditt also

passed counterfeit bills at the Belk's and Bath and Beauty stores in Fayetteville

along with other stores in Fayetteville and Clayton County, detectives

said.

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