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.
Indictment: Hattiesburg City Council candidate used Cash App to take money Ken Chambers was booked into the Forrest County Jail on a felony warrant for false pretenses. (Source: Forrest County Jail) By WDAM Staff | March 9, 2021 at 10:53 AM CST - Updated March 9 at 10:58 AM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - A candidate running for a seat on the Hattiesburg City Council is accused of stealing hundreds of dollars from a woman using the peer-to-peer payment service Cash App, according to an indictment filed in Forrest County Circuit Court.
Kentrell Deonta Chambers, 34, was booked into the Forrest County Jail on a felony warrant for false pretenses Monday night.