A Lansing man is accused of posing as a displaced Potterville resident and taking advantage of last week's train derailment.

Jacob Byron Adams, 27, reportedly used an old driver's license to get food and housing vouchers from the American Red Cross after the leaking tankers from the derailed train evacuated the city, according to a report in the Lansing State Journal.

Authorities said that Adams stayed four nights at the Holiday Inn on West Saginaw Highway and ran up a bill of about $390.

"Unfortunately it appears he was taking advantage of a situation," Eaton County's Chief Assistant Prosecutor Michael Eagen told the paper.

Police received an anonymous tip about Adams and arrested him Saturday.

Adams pleaded not guilty during his Monday arraignment on two misdemeanor charges of larceny by false pretense of $200 to $1,000, the paper reported. He could face up to one year in prison if convicted.

The Red Cross gave Adams the vouchers after he presented a driver's license with a Potterville address at the Eaton County Sheriff Department, authorities said. Adams reportedly used to live in Potterville.

The Red Cross helped about 300 families with vouchers, according to Raymond Thibeault, a disaster services coordinator for the American Red Cross Mid-Michigan.

"When you have a disaster, unfortunately you have the 1 percent trying to take advantage," Thibeault told the Lansing State Journal.

Adams' bond was set at $10,000. His pretrial hearing is scheduled for July 5.