A man running for a seat on Hattiesburg City Council was arrested Monday and charged on a court-ordered warrant for false pretense.
Kentrell Ken Chambers, 34, was booked into Forrest County Jail. No bond had been set as of Tuesday morning.
According to an indictment filed in September, Chambers is accused of defrauding Latasha Walters by accessing her bank account by using CashApp and pretending to be Walters without her permission, allegedly stealing more than $500 from her account in March 2019.
Chambers, a Democrat, is seeking the Ward 1 seat, once again challenging incumbent Jeffrey George, who was first elected in 2017, when both men ran previously.