Man arrested for impersonating a Veteran for profit
A man was arrested this afternoon in front of the La Quinta Costco shopping center for allegedly impersonating a Veteran for profit.
Jacob Stewart, 35, a known transient, was soliciting money at the shopping center, according to the La Quinta Police Department. A sign he held up claimed he was Veteran in need of aid.
Police said Stewart has “never served in the armed forces and was using the sign as a ruse for the means of profit.”
Stewart has been booked into the Indio Jail. He is being held on $2,500 bail and is scheduled to appear in court on July 17.
