RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Two men are in custody after Rapid City police say they were soliciting donations outside the Walmart on North Lacrosse Street while falsely claiming to represent a local high school athletic organization.
Officers responded to the store around 11:25 a.m. Tuesday and found the two men with tables set up at the store entrances.
Investigators determined the pair had no connection to the organization they claimed to represent and could not account for where the collected money was going.
Davion Bell, 19, of Riverdale, Illinois, and Trvone Stokes, 31, of Chicago, were taken into custody. Both men are charged with fraud and are being held at the Pennington County Jail.
Bell faces an additional charge after providing false information about his date of birth to officers.
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