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Charity Scammer Arrested

The man accused of posing as a sheriff's deputy and using a veterans' charity to steal money has been arrested. Columbus police say Joseph Steward was arrested last week in Toledo. Steward is accused of going door-to-door to pocket money for the Wounded Warriors Project, and claiming he was an undercover deputy to get money for a phony injured police officer's charity.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.