Two men from Georgia are in the Taney County Jail accused of recruiting individuals to cash forged checks in area banks.
According to online court documents, Jahquan Crawford and Rossie Jefferies traveled from the Atlanta, Georgia area for the purpose of committing financial crimes in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas by recruiting homeless or financially stressed individuals,
According to probable cause affidavits filed by the Branson Police Department, an individual contacted officers about being recruited by two people to go into banks and negotiate forged checks. The informant said he feared for his safety if he didn’t comply with their demands.
Investigators located the vehicle and began surveillance which saw the men transport the informant to banks in Rogersville and Marshfield prior to returning to Branson and attempt negotiate a forged check at Regions Bank on Commercial Street.
Officers made contact with the vehicle at that time and took the pair into custody.
Crawford and Jefferies are currently charged with a count each of Forgery and are being held without bond in the Taney County Jail in Forsyth.
Rossie JefferiesPhotos courtesy Taney County Sheriff’s Office
