His smooth-talking ways conned local businesses out of cars and checks, but convicted con man Todd Sweet could be spending a long time behind bars.
In April, a Monroe County jury quickly found Sweet, 36, guilty on two forgery and two criminal simulation indictments.

Sweet is scheduled to appear before Judge Carroll Ross Monday for sentencing on those convictions.
Sweet escaped from a Michigan prison in 2007 where he was serving time for larceny.
Months later he showed up in Monroe and Loudon counties claiming he was a Las Vegas billionaire, according to authorities.

Sweet faces a minimum jail sentence of 20 years on each count or up to 30 years on each count he was convicted on in Monroe County, but the judge could decide to run those terms concurrently.
Sweet was convicted of signing two checks "Jamie Lee Turpin," just a slight alternation of his Canadian girlfriend's name, Jamie Lea Turpin.

The checks were alleged to have been written for $27 million and $250,000 in connection with Sweet's claim he wanted to buy an 1,100-acre dairy farm and property that included several family homes.

The jury also assessed a $25,000 fine on each of the four counts.
Last year, Sweet was convicted of weapons and other charges in Arizona where authorities say he fled after the TBI and officers here began closing in on him.

Sweet's legal troubles may continue Tuesday as he is slated to go to trial on that day for allegedly stealing a 2005 Dodge pickup owned by Danny Poe.
Investigators say Sweet fled the Sweetwater area in that truck before leaving it in Kentucky and taking a rental car to Arizona where he was captured in April 2008.

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