HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — The former pastor of a Huntsville church, who is facing charges for wire fraud and filing a false tax return, pleaded not guilty on Thursday after he originally agreed to plead guilty.
Adrian Davis was the lead pastor at All Nations Worship Assembly and also served as a marketing consultant for the church. According to court records, he received a salary and parsonage as compensation.
He appeared for an arraignment on Thursday and entered a not guilty plea, despite originally agreeing to plead guilty earlier this month.
Davis is accused of using ANWA funds for his personal benefit beginning in or around 2018.
The court documents say Davis used funds to pay his mother’s mortgage, buy vehicles like an Audi A7 and a 2016 GMC Yukon, as well as pay off over $268,000 on his personal credit cards, which were used to make purchases from luxury stores like Louis Vuitton, Flight Club, a shoe store in New York, and other stores over the course of 2019 and 2020.
The documents state that Davis wired $13,663 from the ANWA bank account to pay off his personal credit card in October 2020.
Federal records also say Davis filed a tax return in 2021, falsely claiming he received $138,621 when he received total income in excess of that.
Davis will appear for a change of plea hearing at a later date.
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