Police arrest homeless man in scam from pay phone

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Police say a homeless man used a pay phone
in Biloxi to contact truck-driving schools in California in a scam
to solicit money.
    Police investigator Michael Shaw tells The Sun Herald that
57-year-old Richard Roarke Perkins posed as a representative of a
truck-driving association or trucking company that sought graduates
for jobs.
    Shaw said Perkins needed to pay for only one call at a time he
would stand by and wait for return calls.
    Detectives believe Perkins asked jobseekers to wire him money to
pay for someone to pick them up and drive them to South
Mississippi.
    Police arrested Perkins on Friday. Detectives said he had
several names and phone numbers of students at a California
truck-driving school. He is charged with fraud.