Marietta Residents Facing Counterfeiting Charges
The two are among six accused of conspiring to manufacture and distribute counterfeit $50 bills. The six were indicted in federal court last month.
Two Marietta residents are among six defendants facing charges in connection with a counterfeit currency ring authorities say operated from February 2011 until last month. According to a release from the United States Attorney’s Public Information Office, three of the six—30-year-old Cameron R. Longshore and 27-year-old Ian J. Longshore of Decatur and 35-year-old Kenyada Barrion of Stone Mountain— appeared Monday in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Russell L. Vineyard on counterfeiting charges. Last month, a federal grand jury returned a seven-count indictment against the three men and three others—37-year-old Stacy P. Smith and 63-year-old James C. Kellogg, both of Marietta; and 36-year-old Heath J. Kellogg of Woodstock. The six…