Alleged con man arrested Suspect accused of running church scam
COVINGTON - Covington police have made a relatively rare arrest
- they caught an alleged flimflam man in the act of attempting
to con a resident and were able to connect him with a prior case
in which a victim lost a significant amount of money.  Clifford
Neal Jr., 52, of an Atlanta address was arrested Tuesday and
charged with theft by deception and making false statements.
Detective Steve Fowler observed the man talking to a female at
Kroger and something about the situation "just didn't look
right," according to Detective Daniel Seals.  "When Detective
Fowler asked the woman what the man was doing, she said he was
trying to talk to her about a donation to a church Detective
Fowler had heard about a similar scam, and he (Neal) was
subsequently arrested for an incident that occurred on April 16
in the city," Seals said.  He said in that incident, the suspect
allegedly approached a man on the Square in Covington and began
talking to him about m