Gadsden Woman Charged with Burglary
A 32 year old Gadsden woman
is facing more than a dozen forgery charges after admitting to police that she
created counterfeit checks and money on her computer and passed them off as
legitimate.Terri Lynn Gibbs, was charged Wednesday with 12 counts of
second-degree possession of a forged instrument, one count of first-degree
possession of a forged instrument, possession of a forgery device and
third-degree theft of property. All charges except for the theft are felonies. Detective Clark Thompson said he was led to
Gibbs while investigating a forged check and found her already jailed at the Etowah County
Detention Center
on an unrelated matter. Upon questioning, Gibbs readily admitted to making more
than 250 fake checks. She would print the checks onto blank business checks,
complete with perforated edges. Gibbs
signed a form that allowed authorities to search her residence. They seized her
computer and found her templates for creating checks and for printing
counterfeit money. Thompson said the
template for a $100 bill had the same serial number as a fake bill passed at
the U.S. Highway 411 Yard Sale. He said Gibbs also admitted to making more than
$900 in counterfeit money. Gibbs is
being held on $46,000 bond.
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