Saturday, September 18, 2010


Lake Orion pastor arrested, accused of soliciting a minor
A Lake Orion minister has been arrested by the FBI on charges that he attempted to solicit a minor.

Rev. William Bendert of the King of Kings Lutheran Church was arrested Friday at a Troy hotel, said John Shoup, supervisory senior special agent with the FBI’s Oakland County resident agency.

Shoup said Bendert had arrived at the hotel with the intention of meeting a minor. Bendert was expected to appear in court today, said Shoup....