LORIS, S.C. (WBTW) — A former Loris City Council candidate has been arrested after allegedly bribing residents with offering to pay their water bill in exchange for their vote, police documents obtained by News13 show.
Lester Lamar Jordan, 40, was charged with one count of procuring or offering to procure votes by bribery and three counts of fraudulent checks under $500. He was booked into the J. Reuben Long Detention Center on Feb. 24 and released the same day on a $4,000 bond.
An arrest warrant shows that on Sept. 29, Jordan went to Facebook Live and said “I’m going to pay your October water bill, alright, now tell them people right there to vote for Lamar.” He allegedly paid multiple Loris residents’ water bills while advising them to “vote for Lamar.”…