COLUMBIA (WACH) -- Columbia officials arrested a Midlands pastor for stealing from the church he worked for.
Pastor Charles Edward Ledford took over $250,000 from the Elmwood Avenue Church of God according to Columbia police.
Investigators say Ledford has been taking money from the church since 2001. They say he deposited the money into a personal account that was opened using forged documents over the past ten years.
The missing money wasn't discovered until after Ledford retired.
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