The Huntington Beach Police Department has arrested a man they say pretended to be an electrician to steal from Southern California churches.
Juan Carlos Montiel’s scheme was busted after he tried to force his way into First Christian Church in the 1200 block of Main Street in the early hours of Sunday, Aug. 17, police said in a news release.
A church employee spotted and confronted Montiel, who “claimed to be a worker responding to a power outage and was wearing equipment and carrying tools consistent with an electrician,” police added…