Published: September 20, 2018

A FAYETTEVILLE BUSINESS OWNER WAS INDICTED ON TUESDAY BY THE LINCOLN COUNTY GRAND JURY FOLLOWING AN INVESTIGATION BY THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS SECTION OF THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, SERAPIO (JOSE) GRANADOS, OWNER OF STONEBRIDGE RESTAURANT AND THE FORMER FRIED TOMATO RESTAURANT, WAS INDICTED ON 58 58 CLASS E FELONY COUNTS OF FILING FALSE TAX RETURNS, ONE CLASS B FELONY COUNT OF THEFT OVER $60,000, AND ONE CLASS E FELONY OF TAX EVASION. THE INDICTMENTS ALLEGE GRANADOS FALSIFIED SALES TAX RETURNS SUBMITTED TO THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND FAILED TO REMIT COLLECTED SALES TAX AS REQUIRED BY LAW. REVENUE SPECIAL AGENTS ARRESTED THE 48 YEAR OLD AT HIS BUSINESS. BOND WAS SET AT $10,000.