Church employee in Texas allegedly posed as ICE agent to extort woman

Man arrested in Houston is alleged to have used fake ID to demand $400 from woman who had given him massage

A church employee is under arrest in Houston, Texas, after being accused of posing as an ICE agent to extort money from a woman he had booked to give him a massage.

Donald Doolittle, 58, a safety director at the Gateway Community church in Webster, south-east of Houston, has been charged with impersonating a public servant.

According to police, Doolittle booked and received a massage from a woman operating out of a north-west Houston office building. He wanted to pay with a credit card; the woman said she only accepted cash or payment via Zelle, a digital network.