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Tennessee Bureau of Investigation charge Political Candidate Kristopher Gore in Worthless Check Case

Tennessee Bureau of InvestigationNashville, TN – The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has obtained indictments in the case of a Warren County political hopeful accused of passing a bad check to pay for his campaign signs.

At the request of 31st District Attorney General Lisa Zavogiannis, TBI Special Agents began investigating Kristopher Lynn Gore on May 8th.

Kristopher Lynn Gore

During the course of the investigation, Agents developed information the McMinnville man, while pursuing a run for State Representative, wrote a worthless check in the amount of $13,500 to a local business to pay for his campaign signs.

The investigation further revealed Gore created and forged a bank letter in an attempt to demonstrate the account was in good standing.

On June 20th, the Warren County Grand Jury indicted the 26-year-old, charging him with four counts of Passing a Worthless Check, four counts of Theft, and one count of Forgery.

Today, Gore surrendered himself to TBI Agents at the Warren County Jail, where he was later released after posting $55,000 bond.

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