A Democratic candidate for the N.C. House was arrested Thursday after a deputy saw him removing political signs from a roadside in Moore County.
State law makes it a crime to remove or steal campaign signs during an election period.
A Moore County sheriff’s deputy saw Lowell Simon, a 68-year-old candidate for House District 78, removing the signs while responding to a call in the West End area of Seven Lakes on Thursday around 5:25 p.m., according to a sheriff’s office sheriff after.
Moore is also chairman of the Moore County Democratic Party.
The deputy went to Simon’s West End home on Friday and found the political signs in Simon’s car, the post said. Simon admitted to removing the signs and was charged with two felony counts of theft of political signs, the deputy reported.
He was released on a written promise to appear in court on Oct. 30, the post said. The plates have been returned to the owner.
