(CNN) — Bruce Windsor is known as many things: church deacon, soccer coach, father of four. But facing potential financial problems, he’s now known as something else: suspected bank robber.
Police say the 43-year-old owner of a real estate company walked into the Carolina First Bank in Greenville, South Carolina, late Thursday with a mask and [...]
Church deacon, soccer coach, father - bank robbery suspect
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · News
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Pastor charged with domestic assault
March 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · News
A domestic assault charge was filed Thursday against a Rutherford County pastor accused of assaulting his wife, according to reports filed at the sheriff’s office.
Detective Jim Tramel charged Josh Strickland with domestic assault of his wife, Pamela, Feb. 20 at their County Park Lane home.
Strickland is pastor of Creekmont General Baptist Church.
Deputy Brad Lynn reported [...]
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Baptist youth counselor charged with raping girl
February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · News
QUINCY - A youth counselor at a Baptist church in Quincy that later merged with a Hull congregation faces a charge he raped a 14-year-old girl who was a member of his Bible study class.
Robert J. Morris Jr., 28, of 141 Commercial St., Braintree, was arraigned Monday in Quincy District Court on a charge of [...]
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Gospel Singer Charged With Attempted Arson of Church
February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · News
Chattanooga fire investigators arrested a woman late Wednesday for trying to burn down a local church. The incident happened February 11 around 10:00 p.m. at the Harmony Baptist Church at 3832 Youngstown Road. A church service had been held earlier that night, but everyone was supposedly gone and the church was locked up.
Chattanooga firefighters were [...]
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Former SBC Missionary Accused of Embezzling Now Suspected In Insurance Scam
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · News
GULF SHORES, Ala. (ABP) — The International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention declined to press criminal embezzlement charges in 2005 against a man now accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars in an Alabama insurance scam.
Benton Gray Harvey and an accomplice are suspected of scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from residents [...]
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