A Luzerne County man will go to trial on charges that he allegedly scammed grandparents out of thousands of dollars.

Felix Antonio Tejeda, 35, of Hanover Township, waived a preliminary hearing on the charges earlier this month.He is facing a long list of felony theft and fraud charges.According to Rush Township Police, Tejeda posed as a legal aide and convinced senior citizens in Nebraska, Michigan and North Carolina that he was assisting a young relative who had been in a car wreck in Pennsylvania.He then allegedly convinced the victims to wire money to Walmart locations in Pennsylvania, including one in Rush Township. In some cases, the victims wired him as much as $5,000, believing it was going to an relative for bail money. Police said that the alleged crashes never occurred.At least one of the victims was in the mid-70s. age range.Police learned of the scam after one couple contacted the Hometown Wal-Mart in an effort to recover $2,500 that they had wired there. But it had already been picked up.Two weeks later, on Jan. 26, the same person who picked up the $2,500 returned to pick up $2,500 that had been wired by a 75-year-old woman from North Carolina. In both cases, the man used ID cards with different names.Police identified the man as Tejeda.On Jan. 31, Walmart employees advised police that the man was in the store. They took him into custody. Tejeda was allegedly carrying another fake ID with the name of Sammy Porter.He was arrested and charged with a felony counts of theft, theft by deception, and identity theft.He is currently locked up at Schuylkill County Prison in lieu of $25,000 bail.