Cops: NC Pastor Embezzled Hurricane Donations

Asheville’s ABC affiliate reports:

The McDowell County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has charged a local pastor with multiple felonies. According to an MSCO Facebook post, Detective Grant Robinson with the MSCO charged Jeffrey Brian Merrow, 60, of Marion, N.C., with felony embezzlement and felony larceny.The release said Deputy Alicia Lund spoke with members of Garden Creek Baptist Church, where Merrow was pastor, regarding embezzlement, fraud and theft.

The release said that during the meeting, church members produced multiple receipts for “goods that were never purchased or services that were never rendered,” all of which were paid for using church funds. According to the release, church members also reported that large amounts of cash donations for hurricane relief, collected from attendees and the community, were given to Merrow but never turned in

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