Vacaville firebomb pastor Mark Lewis suspected of using church funds for bail

This pastor is something else.  In another story he’s suspected of dealing meth.  This guy is the real Breaking Bad!

The Reporter reports Vacaville pastor Mark Lewis is once again behind bars, after Solano County authorities executed a search warrant at his Farrell Road home Friday afternoon to determine whether he used church funds to post bail two weeks ago.


Lewis, 39, was arrested on suspicion of fraud after the District Attorney's Office began investigating the source of funds he used to post $500,000 bail following his Jan. 10 arrest in connection to the firebombing of an ex-girlfriend's home, said Lt. John Carli with the Vacaville Police Department.

About 2 p.m. Friday, investigators with the DA's Office executed the search warrant with assistance from the Vacaville Police Department's Crime Suppression Team and the Sheriff's Office, which has jurisdiction of the rural residence in the 3300 block of Farrell Road. They were expected to remain there well into the evening.
"Information came into the hands of the District Attorney's Office, because of the bail and the high amount and how the process works, that they began an independent investigation for his bail," Carli explained.

"Through this whole process, their investigation has uncovered evidence of fraud ... as it pertains to loans that may be related to the church," Carli stated. "So this search warrant is looking into his bail and any other evidence that would tie the church to his bail."

Carli said he could not speak to the details of what Lewis had disclosed concerning the source of his bail money. When posting high amounts of bail, suspects are required to state where the money comes from.

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