THE JOHNSON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS SEARCHING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN CITY BURLEY TOBACCO WAREHOUSE THAT’S ACCUSED OF WRITING NEARLY A HALF-A-MILLION DOLLARS IN BAD CHECKS. JESSEE RAY FAULKNER II IS FACING 30 COUNTS OF FELONY WRITING WORTHLESS CHECKS TO FARMERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE. INVESTIGATORS SAID HIS SECRETARY TOLD THEM FAULKNER WOULD DEPOSIT THE MONEY AS SOON AS IT BECAME AVAILABLE TO HIM, BUT SO FAR, THAT HASN’T HAPPENED. FAULKNER IS FROM SOUTHERN PINES NORTH CAROLINA, WHICH IS JUST EAST OF CHARLOTTE. SHERIFF MIKE REECE SAID LAST MONTH, ONE OF FAULKNER’S TOBACCO WAREHOUSES THERE BURNED DOWN LEAVING AUTHORITIES SUSPICIOUS. IF YOU KNOW HIS WHEREABOUTS, YOU NEED TO CALL JOHNSON COUNTY AUTHORITIES.