Two men face accusations that they pretended to be firefighters collecting for a fund to aid wounded firefighters, said Iredell Sheriff Darren Campbell.

Paul Walker Jacob Mills, 25, of Commodore Loop, Mooresville, was arrested on charges of obtaining property by false pretense, possession of Schedule II and possession of drug paraphernalia, and Charles Vernon Brooks III, 25, of Kilbourne Road, Mooresville, was charged with obtaining property by false pretense. Bond for both was set at $5,000.

Campbell said Sgt. C.T. Smith was checking on a report of a suspicious person going door-to-door in the Woodstream Circle area of Mooresville late last week. The person who called deputies said the suspect was wearing khaki shorts, dirty work boots and a sweatshirt with the Charlotte Fire Department logo on it, Campbell said. He was also carrying a green two-liter drink bottle with the top cut off and, written on it were the words “for the wounded firefighters raffle.” The suspect told neighbors he was collecting money for the CFD Fallen Firefighters, Campbell said.