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206: Chuck Hunter

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor

Chuck Hunter was 61 and though he lost his race for Circuit Court 10 in 2010 but in 2012 he was running for Circuit Court 11. He placed an ad on Craigslist seeking someone under 30 for sex. An undercover police officer responded in the role of a 14-year-old boy. After several back-and-forth messages, Hunter arranged to meet this 14-year-old at a restaurant with the intention of having sex. He was arrested when he showed up. They got a search warrant and found him in possession of child sexual exploitation materials.

117: Alan Berlin

Solicitation of a Minor

Alan Berlin worked eighteen years in Republican politics as an aide to two different Republican state senators, Sen. Hal Mowery, R-Cumberland County, and former Sen. Jane Orie, R-Allegheny County. He messaged with a teenager, soliciting him for sex. Soliciting sex with a minor is a crime. Having a furry fetish is not illegal, which makes…

108: Joe Monteleone

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Solicitation of a Minor

Joe Monteleone was a Republican city councilman in Elyria, Ohio, as well as a pizzeria owner when he was charged with improperly touching three teen girls who worked for his pizza shop. Cleveland19: Trial Begins for City Councilman Charged with Sexual Imposition The Morning Journal: Councilman accused of touching young workers The Morning Journal: Convicted…

105: Allen D. Kauffman

Sexual Misconduct, Solicitation of a Minor

Allen D. Kauffman was a Republican mayor of Collins, Missouri, and the pastor of Temple Lot Church when he was arrested for soliciting a thirteen-year-old girl who happened to be a police officer in an internet sting. Later he was charged with another crime, sexual misconduct with a child under fourteen. The Joplin Globe: Ex-mayor…

97: James E. West

Sexual Harassment, Solicitation of a Minor

James E. West was the mayor of Spokane, WA, and was well-known for his homophobia. While he was in the legislature he supported a bill banning gay people from working in schools and day care programs. He also proposed a wackadoodle bill banning sex between any unmarried people under the age of 18. The local…

81: Donald Fleischman

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Solicitation of a Minor

Donald Fleischman was the Brown County, Iowa, Republican Party Chair when he was charged with felony counts of child enticement and exposing himself to a minor. He offered marijuana and alcohol to two minors, told them they could live with them if they ran away. The complaint alleges that Fleischmann fondled and performed sexual acts…

79: Brian Doyle

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor

Brian Doyle was the deputy press secretary for the Dept of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration when he was arrested in an online sex sting where he chatted with a sheriff’s deputy posing as a child. He was charged with using a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful material to a child.…

77: Scott Eller Cortelyou

Solicitation of a Minor

Scott Eller Cortelyou was a conservative radio personality in Colorado when he was arrested for graphic sexual conversation with a police officer posing as a child. KUSA: Radio Personality arrested a second time All Access: Cortelyou arrested again Denver Post: Cortelyou pleads guilty in sex case

76: Larry Corrigan

Solicitation of a Minor

Larry Corrigan was a Republican activist in Washington state politics. He was deputy treasurer on Rep. David Reichert’s (R-WA) campaign for sheriff and a vocal supporter for his congressional campaign. He was caught in an internet sting, chatting online with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl, and then he arranged to meet her…

72: Hewart Lee Bennett

Solicitation of a Minor

Republican Hewart Lee Bennett was a youth minister in West Palm Beach when he was arrested for soliciting a 15-year-old boy. Someone called the police, reporting a suspicious vehicle. He told the deputy he was there to talk to children about being gay, trying to put them on the right path, not to be gay.…