GUYTON, Ga. (WSAV) -- Guyton City Councilman Theodore Hamby was arrested and booked by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on Friday for theft and fraud charges. On Friday, February 21, the GBI was requested by the Guyton Police Department to assist with a theft investigation involving City Council member Theodore Hamby. The theft was related to Hamby’s position as a council member and his misuse of a city credit card. Hamby was arrested on charges of felony theft by taking and financial transaction card fraud. Guyton Mayor Andy Harville reacted to the news that afternoon: The City of Guyton is aware of the recent arrest of Theodore Hamby, a member of the Guyton City Council. The City of Guyton holds its elected officials to the highest standards of integrity and accountability and trusts the judicial process will ascertain the facts in accordance with the appropriate procedures. In the meantime, the City of Guyton remains focused on serving its residents. Because this pertains to an ongoing investigation, the City of Guyton cannot provide further comment at this time. Andy Harville, Guyton Mayor Hamby was found by the Effingham County Board of Ethics to have committed a technical violation last summer for "soliciting money from candidates running in the tax commissioner’s race". ...read more read less