A spokesperson for Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore called his son's latest arrest nothing more than a "cheap political trick."

Caleb Elisha Moore, 27, is charged with third-degree criminal trespassing in connection to a November 2016 arrest for hunting without permission and hunting over bait. Both charges are misdemeanors.

Bill Armistead, chairman for the Roy Moore for U.S. Senate campaign, issued a statement on the matter today.

"This is a personal matter involving an alleged hunting violation by Judge Moore's son Caleb over eleven months ago which has nothing to do with the campaign," Armistead said. "This is a cheap political trick to detract from the real issues facing our country."

Monday's arrest comes almost a year after the landowner made a complaint to the Etowah County Sheriff's Office. Caleb Moore was booked Monday in the Etowah County Jail and released minutes later after posting $1,000 bond.

The charges are just the latest in legal issues faced by Caleb Moore, who, according to his LinkedIn page, is a legal assistant and clerk for The Foundation for Moral Law, a group founded by his father.

Caleb Moore was arrested for drug possession in Troy in 2015 but those charges were dropped last year after he agreed to enter a pre-trial diversion program with the Pike County District Attorney's Office, court records show. He has also faced charges of driving under the influence in both Alabama and Florida, and three drug-related arrests in Baldwin, Pike and St. Clair counties in Alabama.

Roy Moore defeated Luther Strange last month to win the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat once held by now-U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. He faces Democrat Doug Jones in the Dec. 12 general election.