Another industrious government employee

Her name is Tiffany Renada Jones and she worked in the Jacksonville Florida Sheriff's Office. According to the Florida Times-Union Ms. Jones was arrested Thursday for selling fake designer goods to an undercover detective.

The story don't end there. Ms. Jones advertised these goods for sale via the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office website! More examples of our tax dollars at work.

Fake designer goods sold on city Web site, police say
A Sheriff's Office clerical worker has been charged with selling counterfeited items.
By BRIDGET MURPHY,
The Times-Union

A Jacksonville Sheriff's Office employee faces a felony charge of selling counterfeit goods after police said an undercover detective bought fake designer accessories advertised for sale on a city Web site.

Tiffany Renada Jones, 24, of the 2000 block of Danson Street, was charged Thursday with vending goods with counterfeit marks, a third-degree felony, a Sheriff's Office report said.

Jones, a three-year Sheriff's Office civilian employee, worked as a clerical support aide in the Community Corrections Division on Catherine Street, police spokesman Officer Ken Jefferson said Friday.

Jones is accused of advertising designer accessories, including wallets, hats and handbags by designers Louis Vuitton, Coach and Fendi, on a city-owned Web site, according to police. When a city employee saw the ad and contacted the buyer, the woman said the items were priced between $50 and $120, police said.

That city employee then alerted detectives and in early June, a detective arranged to meet the seller at The Jacksonville Landing. He said he bought two handbags for $120, and that he was told they were authentic Louis Vuitton and Fendi products, authorities said.

A few days later, the detective took the products to an Orlando mall, where he met with product experts who confirmed the items were counterfeit, and together would cost more than $1,000 if authentic, a Sheriff's Office report said.