. >> reporter: pastor roger reeber from grace presbyterian church trusted ward steven caldwell. >> his parents were part of the congregation 30 years or more ago. >> reporter: when caldwell showed up a year ago the pastor had no idea he was being set up for a scam. caldwell has a history of fraud. >> he has been to prison for this. he has a prison conviction out of boutte county. >> reporter: caldwell offered to donate $150,000 to the church and wanted it publicized in the congregation's newsletter. jay he pulled a -- >> he pulled a fast one over the church. he gave them two checks. >> reporter: he asked the pastor to wait to cash the checks and meantime he convinced a 90-year-old church member to invest more than $170,000 with him. >> basically pretending to be this investor and then getting them to invest money with him. >> reporter: caldwell has several aliases bruce harmon, bruce goodrich and bruce la salle. >> perhaps it gave him a platform where he could find other people to take advantage of and i feel regret. >> reporter: victims include a woman caldwell met at a car wash and a

. >> reporter: pastor roger reeber from grace presbyterian church trusted ward steven caldwell. >> his parents were part of the congregation 30 years or more ago. >> reporter: when caldwell showed up a year ago the pastor had no idea he was being set up for a scam. caldwell has a history of fraud. >> he has been to prison for this. he has a prison conviction out of boutte county. >> reporter: caldwell offered to donate $150,000 to the church and wanted it publicized in the congregation's newsletter. jay he pulled a -- >> he pulled a fast one over the church. he gave them two checks. >> reporter: he asked the pastor to wait to cash the checks and meantime he convinced a 90-year-old church member to invest more than $170,000 with him. >> basically pretending to be this investor and then getting them to invest money with him. >> reporter: caldwell has several aliases bruce harmon, bruce goodrich and bruce la salle. >> perhaps it gave him a platform he could find other people to take advantage of and i feel regret. >> reporter: victims include a woman caldwell met at a car wash and a widow

all the pastor of grace presbyterian church trusted steven caldwell. >> his parents were part of thegregation he showed up a year ago and the pastor had no idea he was set up for a scam. >> but he has a history of fraud. >> he has been to risen for this with a prison conviction for doing a securities fraud violation. >> he offered to donate $150,000 to the church. and wanted it publicized in the congregation news letter. >> he pulled a fast one and gave them two checks. he asked the pastor to wait to cash checks. in the machine time he convinced a 90-year-old church member to invest more than $170,000 with him. >> pretending to be the investor, rich investor, and getting them to invest money with him. >> he has several aliases, bruce harmon, and brother goodrich. >> i was duped and perhaps gave him a platform to find other people to take advantage of. i feel great regret over that >> victims include a woman caldwell met at a car cash, a widowed hairdresser and two others. he is asking potential victims to contact the d.a. >>> a bill aiming to element law enforcement ability to seize

woman of a huge amount of cash and used a bay area church as part of his scheme. 55-year-old ward steven caldwell was arrested sunday in walnut creek. investigators say he wrote several bad checks to the church for $150,000. the church publicized his donations, gained the trust of a 90-year-old church goer. she's not letting caldwell's crime ruin her faith in humanity. >> actually i'm amazed with her resiliency at 90 years old saying that was a painful life lesson. but i'm not going to let it take one day of my life away from me. >> police say caldwell also posed as a las vegas investor and a car salesman for other schemes. >>> upset pet owners complain to us after bad experiences at a renowned northern california pet hospital. but a loophole in state law leaves them little recourse. tonight, we respond. >>> also how about this? donald trump's daughter donates to the hillary clinton campaign. how buying a piece of jewelry ended up helping her dad's opponent. >>> and good morning, i'm meteorologist jeff ranieri with more hot temperatures inland tomorrow across the east bay. we'll find the worst ai

ward steven caldwell was taken into custody. he also went by several aliases. he's accused of subsidiariling $300,000. he posed as an investor, a car salesman, and a church ben factor. >>> a judge has been asked by pg&e to overturn a jury's criminal convictions related to the san bruno pipeline explosion. the trial ended last week. pg&e said it accepts responsibility for the 2010 explosion where eight people were killed and dozens of homes were destroyed. but prosecutors failed to prove any specific individuals knew or failed to identify the potential threat of an explosion. >>> south bay fire investigators are looking for cause of three fire that is broke out within 90 minutes of each other. thick smoke from a burning train trestle could be seen for miles. it spread up to the heavy wooden bridge that's covered in chemicals. firefighters couldn't use foam on it because it's over a protected waterway. it's getting harder and harder as crews are sent to other fires. >> with all the activity all over the state, the tankers that we normally get were committed to ot

out of huge amount of cash by using a bay area church as part of his scheme. 55-year-old ward steven caldwellalamo was arrested sunday at grace presbyterian church in walnut creek. investigators say he wrote several bad checks to the church for $150,000 total. the church then publicized his donation which he used to gain the trust of a 90-year-old churchgoer. she ended up giving him $171,000 for an investment but she's not letting caldwell's crime ruin her faith in humanity. >> but i actual liam amazed with her resiliency at 90 years old saying that was a painful life lesson. but i'm not going to let it take one day of my life away from me. >> police say that caldwell also posed as a las vegas investor and a car salesman for other schemes. >>> san francisco's police commission holds another community meeting tonight focused on finding a new police chief. commission members scheduled a handful of meetings all geared toward finding that perfect permanent replacement for greg sure who resigned in may. acting police chief tony chaplain recently announced he would be interested in keeping the top