A man that owns a Gold Exchange place is suing WBRE (Wilkes-Barre) claiming the station said he was a "scam artist." 

Tim Shadle says he is filing a defamation suit against WBRE's parent company Nexstar Broadcasting Group, reporter Laurie Monteforte, news director Jim DePury, and anchors Candice Kelly and Drew Speier.

Shadle t that the station falsely portrayed him as a "scam artist" following his arrest on charges relating to his failure to renew his license to sell precious metals.

H/T Citizen's Voice