Farmington Hills, Michigan Police Calls: Embezzlement from Church

A pastor and chairman of the board from First Church of the Nazarene on Haggerty Road told police on Jan. 7 that the church financial secretary had confessed to taking as much as $160,000 in church funds. According to the report, the 66-year-old Canton Township man, a trusted volunteer for 24 years, was confronted after an audit in November revealed the embezzlement. The man reportedly prepared a written confession and turned over some items that belonged to the church on Jan. 6, but then stopped cooperating with church officials. No criminal charges have been filed.