Charlotte County Airport authority vice chair charged with election fraud

PUNTA GORDA — James Walker Herston, vice chair of the Charlotte County Airport Authority, has been arrested on charges of election fraud, allegedly saying he lived in a district he didn’t reside in.

Herston, elected as a board member representing District 5, is accused of falsifying election documents by misrepresenting to voters he lived in District 5. The by-laws of the Charlotte County Airport Authority require that each commissioner must reside in the district from which the candidate seeks election for at least six months immediately before the time of qualification to run for the seat, according to a statement from State Attorney’s Office in the 20th District, which covers Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry and Lee counties.