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Former Pastor Sentenced For Harassing Church Member

A former Delaware County pastor will avoid jail for sending threatening, profanity-laced text messages to a church member. Reverend Bennett Smith received probation for telecommunications harassment. Prosecutors say Smith, formerly of the Church at Polaris, admitted to sending the messages amid his fight to return to the pulpit after assaulting a man outside the church last year.

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.