Phony phone sales scam leads to arrest

Sale of counterfeit iPhones has resulted in the arrest of a 26-year-old Pittsburg man.

Cherokee County detectives were notified March 9 that an individual selling what appeared to be iPhone 16 Pro Max cell phones on Facebook Marketplace for considerably less than the average iPhone 16 Pro Max.

The man, identified as David E. Meredith III, of Pittsburg, was meeting victims in Cherokee County and woul…