Suspect in cash ring faces heroin count
A woman already facing federal charges for a counterfeit money ring has been indicted by a grand jury on a heroin charge. 
Tawny Michelle Rhodes, 39, faces not less than five years and no more than 40 years if convicted of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin, but she could get at least 10 years if she has a previous drug convictions.
Rhodes was sentenced to 18 months in prison on state drug charges last month but is in the Spokane County Jail awaiting trial in U.S. District Court for allegedly manufacturing fake money between May and August.
Also charged in the counterfeit cash scheme are Cole T. Monson, Melissa A. Smith, Ronald Dale Mueller, 44; Brandy Mueller, Jessica Crabtree and Robin Knuttgen.