A Michigan Democrat won re-election in a landslide despite resigning from his office two months ago after he was arrested for allegedly sexting an underage boy.
Ken Fletcher had been the supervisor in Delta Township, which is about 10 minutes west of Lansing. Fletcher resigned Sept. 3 — a day before he faced child sex crime charges.
Law enforcement agents reportedly were ‘posing as a 15-year-old male on the mobile dating app Grindr from Aug. 13 to Aug. 14’ in order to talk to Fletcher.
Township Manager Brian Reed said Fletcher resigned “effective immediately” during the township board meeting, and the board accepted his resignation. Reed added that the “township has also been made aware of an open criminal investigation unrelated to his duties as supervisor.”
In the recent election, Fletcher received nearly 89% of the vote. He was opposed by two write-in candidates — Saturn Wells, who received just over 11% of the vote, and Richard Ott who did not receive any votes. […]
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