Man accused of embezzling from football program arrested
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) – A man accused of embezzling from a youth football program is now in jail.
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports (http://bit.ly/1nsa4Se) Matthew Householder was arrested by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday and charged with embezzlement.
Householder is accused of taking money from the Hamilton Youth Football program, where he served as president.
Authorities say he had agreed to turn himself into authorities last week but failed to do so.
Householder is currently jailed at Monroe County Detention Center awaiting arraignment by a Monroe County Justice Court judge.
Online jail records do not list an attorney for him.
