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#1,159 Kevin Phillip Hedgpeth

Child Sexual Abuse Material, CSAM

SOUTH CAROLINA- Possession and production of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) We regret to inform you about another GOP member caught up in CSAM.  The District of South Carolina released a statement that according to a criminal complaint and arrest warrant unsealed recently, Kevin Phillip Hedgpeth, 48, City of Hanahan Mayor Pro Tem and member…

#1,550 Robert Joseph Wilson

Solicitation of a Minor

MICHIGAN- Soliciting a Minor We are regrettably informing you about predator #1,550 as CBS reports, a city council member in Northern Lower Michigan who is facing felony charges relating to sexual conversations with two individuals who were posing as a teenage boy, state police said.  The Michigan State Police said Robert J. Wilson, 44, of…

#1,551- Curt Steininger

Sexual Abuse

OREGON- Sexual Abuse of a Minor We are going to look back at another case from Clackamas County that occurred in 2014, in which a former city councilor in Estacada, Oregon (about 30 miles southeast of Portland), pleaded no contest to sexually abusing a female relative for six years, starting when the poor little girl…

1536: Chris Henderson

Familial Abuse & Violence

Chris Henderson was a City Councilman in Kennesaw, Georgia. In March, 2021, he was arrested for domestic violence and assault after a drunken, violent outburst. There were five people in his home, three guests and Henderson and his wife. He got into an argument and was attacking his wife. A man intervened and a fight broke out.

1519: Shawn Myers

Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Shawn Patrick Myers was elected to the Grove City City Council representing the Third Ward in 2012. He won reelection to his fourth term in 2023 but was arrested before he was sworn in. He has been replaced by an appointee.

He was arraigned for involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, corruption of minors, disseminating explicit sexual material with a minor, and endangering the welfare of children. The child was nine years old.

1495: Jason Cole

Child Endangerment, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Jason Duane Cole represents Ward 4 on the Warr Acres City Council. He remains on the Council as of Christmas Day although he was arrested on December 8th and charged with rape by instrumentation, indecent materials shown to a minor, and three counts of child sexual abuse.

1491: Jeannette Garcia

Kidnapping, Sexual Harassment

Jeannette Garcia is a Republican member of the Avondale, Arizona, city council. She was also a staff member for Turning Point USA, the extreme conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk. While she has not been criminally charged, she has been accused of kidnapping a man’s 14-year-old daughter after the man rebuffed her sexual advances.

1484: Joseph Burkhart

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence, Menacing, Stalking/Harassment

Joseph Burkhart was a Republican at-large city council member in Bellevue, Ohio, when he was arrested in September, 2025. At the time, he was indicted on seven charges. In October, a grand jury indicted him on twenty-two charges, eighteen of which are felonies. At the time of his indictment, he was the Chair of the public safety committee. He remained on the November general election ballot in Sandusky County. Bellevue lies at the intersection of Erie, Huron, Seneca, and Sandusky counties. That is why he was arrested by Huron County deputies and is on the Sandusky County general election ballot. He got 11% of the vote.