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#1,557 Matthew Dantzer

Assault, Sexual Harassment

TEXAS- Assault Magnolia Mayor Matthew “Doc” Dantzer was officially charged with assault of a pregnant person after being arrested, the Tarrant County DA said. The story was brought to light by ABC13 news when Bryan Emery spoke at the end of March on behalf of his fiancée and victim, Christian Gable, the Magnolia City secretary.…

1537: Dwayne Schutt

Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Uncategorized

Dwayne Schutt is the Mayor of Randolph, Nebraska. He was also the Mayor in 2017 when he was arrested and charged with four felony counts of child sexual abuse and one count of felony child abuse. According to the police, Schutt began sexually abusing a child when she was thirteen years old and continue to abuse her for four years.

1525: Wesley Dingus

Voyeurism/Peeping

Wesley Dingus was the mayor of Butler, Ohio. He resigned after his recent arrest for voyeurism. He was also arrested in August, 2025, for running over a person wanted for a parole violation.

Dingus was filmed sniffing at least four pieces of a minor girl’s underwear and touching himself. She had suspected him of going in her room, catching him there when she came back after leaving for school. She put in a camera that filmed him in the act.

1404: David Finkel

Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

David Finkel was the Vice-President of the Shelbyville, Indiana, School Board and a former Republican primary candidate for mayor in 2023. He stepped down from the school board after he was arrested in June 2025 and charged with possession of child sexual abuse material and sexual exploitation of a minor.

1389: John Kevin Taylor

Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

John Kevin Taylor is the former mayor of Coldstream, Kentucky. He and his wife were recently arrested. He was arrested for sexually abusing a girl under the age of twelve and for possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). She was arrested for failure to report him. One of his employees brought Taylor’s work phone to his wife to tell her about the CSAM on his phone. Not only did she not inform the police; she gave the phone back to Taylor.

1382: Erik Sickinger

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Grooming, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Battery, Solicitation of a Minor

Erik Sickinger was a councilman in the city of Irmo, South Carolina. He stepped up to serve as mayor pro tem in 2023. In March, 2025, he was accused of grooming and assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Specifically, he was charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor, second degree, and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and a charge of luring, enticing, or attempting to lure or entice children. You can read the charges at Lexington County Eleventh Judicial Circuit Public Index. Just enter his name: Erik Kenneth Sickinger.

1338: Paul Calhoun

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Paul Calhoun is the former mayor of Lake View, Alabama. He was appointed in 2016 by Republican Governor Robert Bentley after the mayor and 2 city council members resigned, leaving the town without a quorum to do business.

He was then elected in his own right but resigned in 2020 after being found guilty of voting on an issue in which he had a financial interest.

He was arrested in July 2024 when police found electronic devices containing Child Sexual Abuse Materiel. Additional charges were added, including ten counts of producing child sex abuse material, taking sexually exploitive photos of a 15-year-old girl.