Improper Conduct or Comments – Republican Sexual Predators

1478: Dustin Weir

November 14, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Dustin Weir is the Sheriff of Somerset County, Pennsylvania. He began as a deputy in 2001 and became sheriff in 2021 after the death of the previous sheriff. All across the country, law enforcement officers are encouraged to participate in the “Shop With a Cop” program that provides back-to-school clothes and supplies or Christmas gifts to low-income children. Weir is accused of lewd behavior with the 15-year-old girl who was operating the photo booth at the event. He’s been charged with corruption of a minor.

1453: Ron Weinberg

September 26, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Ron Weinberg is a state representative in Colorado. He was appointed to his seat when Rep. Hugh McKean died. He is also the former chair of the Larimer County GOP. He was seeking the minority whip position in the Republican House caucus, but stepped back after complaints about his past behavior toward women when he was Larimer County Chair.

1441: Ryan Walters

September 1, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Give that Walters presents himself as an anti-pornography crusader, it is ironic that he is now being investigated for exposing the people attending a State Board of Education meeting to the video of a naked woman that was being played on his television screen. This was done without their consent.

1426: Mike Yenni

August 21, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Mike Yenni was the President of Jefferson Parish in Louisiana. In 2016, he was exposed for sending texts to a teen he saw at a high school event.

1398: Rodney Creech

July 26, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Rodney Creech is a Republican Ohio state representative who is now running for Ohio senate despite being sanctioned by the Republican-dominated Ohio House and asked to resign by the Republican House Speaker over allegations of sexual misconduct and imposition made by a teenage relative.

1364: Taylor Lewis

April 12, 2025Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Taylor Lewis was the assistant police chief in Springfield, Louisiana. The Department of Children and Family Services alerted the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Department. They began an investigation and found that Lewis maintained an “inappropriate relationship” with a child through various social media platforms.

1186: Michael Tobin

November 2, 2023Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Michael Tobin was a police officer in Clarksville, Iowa. He was accused of showing sexually explicit images and videos from a criminal case to a minor from September 2021 to February 2022. The minor reported it to police in March 2022. The city fired him and in September 2022 he was arrested and charged with 3 felonies and 8 misdemeanors. In October 2023, he was convicted on all charges.

1157: Kevin Ruditsky

September 22, 2023Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Kevin Ruditsky was a New Jersey police officer. At National Night Out – an event designed to foster good relations between police and the communities they serve – Ruditsky met a sixteen-year-old girl. After the event he began stalking her.

1128: Tivo McCrary

September 8, 2023Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

Tivo McCrary was the Executive Pastor of Cornerstone Church in Marion, Illinois, was fired for committing sins against teenage members. They are working with law enforcement as well as reviewing their hiring practices and abuse prevention.

1076: Kieran Cartharn

July 2, 2023Cajsa LilliehookLeave a comment

In 2018, he approached a woman walking to her dorm after 1 a.m. and said he was a police officer and would walk her home. She demurred, but he insisted, so when she got to her dorm she went to the check-in and security chased him off. They got a picture so the police put it out and were inundated with tips identifying Cartharn. After all, he just ran for City Council.