Rolling Fork mayor indicted for felonious fraud
Published 12:00 am Saturday, November 14, 2015
Rolling Fork Mayor Eldridge “Butch” Walker faces multiple charges after his indictment by a Hinds County grand jury, according to information by the Attorney General’s Office.
Multiple attempts to contact Walker for a comment on the indictment were unsuccessful.
Attorney General Jim Hood said in a press release Walker was arrested by investigators with the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division. He was booked into the Hinds County Detention Center and was released Wednesday after posting a $20,000 bond.
Walker is charged with false pretense, conspiracy to commit false pretense, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Walker is accused in the indictment of submitting a false invoice concerning reported work done at the home of a Rolling Fork resident “with intent to defraud Federal Home Loan Bank,” while doing businesses as Walker Construction.
The ongoing case is currently being investigated by Attorney General’s investigator Bo Luckey and will be prosecuted by special assistant attorney general Patrick Beasley of the Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division.