Ashley FuhrmeisterA Former New Jersey beauty pageant contestant and her mother were two of three suspects arrested in a counterfeit money-making plot, MyFOXPhilly.com reported.

Ashley Fuhrmeister, who was Miss North Wildwood in 2007, was arrested Friday and accused of using fake $50 bills at two stores, according to MyFOXPhilly.com. Police said that Fuhrmeister and her 44-year-old mother, Kelly A. Nowacky, made the phony cash.

A third person, John Laughlin, was also arrested in the alleged scheme. Both he and Nowacky were sent to a local jail in lieu of $15,000 bail, MyFOXPhilly reported. Fuhttp://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,500264,00.htmlhrmeister, 21, was released on her own recognizance.
A beauty queen has found herself in trouble with police and the U.S. Secret Service.

Miss North Wildwood 2007 Ashley Fuhrmeister is accused of using counterfeit cash, police said.

According to police, the 21-year-old and her mother, 44-year-old Kelly A. Nowacky, made their own $50 bills and used them to make purchases at a Wawa on the 300 block of New Jersey Avenue and a Wildwood store that was not identified.

A third suspect, John Laughlin, of Belleplain, was also charged, North Wildwood police announced Tuesday.

Fuhrmeister was arrested Friday, charged and released on her own recognizance. Nowacky and Laughlin were both sent to the Cape May County Jail in lieu of $15,000 bail.
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