Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, January 30, 1993 TAG: 9301300074
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-1 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By KATHY LOAN STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
RADFORD SCHOOL OFFICIAL CHARGED WITH PASSING FAKE BILLS
An assistant superintendent in the Radford city school system has been charged with possessing and passing counterfeit $100 bills in Pigeon Forge, Tenn.Virginia L. East, 55, of Blacksburg was arrested last Saturday after five fake bills were passed at Belz Factory Outlet World, and an attempt was made to pass a sixth one, George Adams, a Secret Service agent based in Nashville, said Friday.
Radford school officials on Friday called a special meeting of the School Board for 9 a.m. today to discuss a personnel matter, Superintendent Michael Wright said.
East has worked for the Radford school system since 1988.
She previously was employed by the Montgomery County school system and was the principal of Shawsville Middle and High School for 4 1/2 years.
Wright would not say whether East had been at work this week or when he was made aware of the charges.
"We have no statement at this time," Wright said.
"We have not yet received a complete official report and have not yet conferred with legal counsel concerning such report."
Besides the five fake $100 bills that were passed, Adams said 44 other bills were found in East's possession.
She was released on $5,000 bond and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 12 in federal court in Knoxville.
East could not be reached for comment Friday.
Adams said the fake bills were made on an office machine copier - a counterfeiting move normally associated with younger people.
Adams said authorities "certainly don't see educated people doing this."
The Sevierville Mountain Press in Tennessee reported Friday that a store clerk detected the counterfeit money by using a pen that emits special kind of color if the bill is counterfeit.