Authorities say a former Los Angeles police officer has been arrested for investigation in the alleged burglary of an Orange County church.
Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff's Department, said Thursday that 45-year old Charles Mottern of Irvine was arrested Tuesday for investigation of burglary, possession of stolen property, and resisting arrest.
Amormino says Mottern was separated from his job as a Saddleback Church security official last year after church officials reported a series of thefts.
Amormino says church officials interrupted an attempted burglary last week but could not identify the suspect.
Amormino says Mottern worked for the Los Angeles police department until 1996.
Mottern's home phone number was unlisted.
