SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The $1 billion Arrowhead Credit Union is facing a lawsuit filed by local pastor after he was mistakenly arrested for check fraud.
Pastor Terry Elliott, who heads the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of San Bernardino, one of the area's prominent black congregations, was arrested Dec. 20, 2007, in a Stater Bros. grocery store after his rejected ATM card alerted Arrowhead's loss prevention department.
According to a story published in the San Bernardino Sun, the credit union mistakenly concluded that Elliott had deposited a stolen $6,700 check into his account, and Arrowhead employees working at the grocery branch kept Elliott at the site until police arrived.
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