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Former
Detroit
City
Council
President
Charles
Pugh
charged
with 6
counts
of
Criminal
Sexual
Conduct
By
Wendell
Bryant/Tell
Us
Detroit
DETROIT
(Tell Us
Det) -
Thursday,
June 23,
2016,
former
Detroit
City
Council
President
Charles
Pugh was
arrested
without
incident
at his
home in
New York
City.
The U.S.
Marshall
Service,
New York
and New
Jersey
Regional
Fugitive
Task
Force
coordinated
the
arrest
assisted
by the
Detroit
Fugitive
Apprehension
Task
Force.
Prosecutor
Kym L.
Worthy
has
charged
Pugh
with
sexually
inappropriate
behavior
with a
14-year-old
teenage
male
that
occurred
between
September
2003 and
May
2004.
The
complainant
is
currently
27-years-old.
In June
2003 the
14-year-old
Detroit
teen met
Pugh for
the
first
time on
a group
tour to
the Fox2
news
station.
At that
time
Pugh was
working
as a
reporter
and
anchor
at the
station.
The
complainant
approached
Pugh
about an
internship
and they
exchanged
phone
numbers.
Although
the teen
did not
intern
at Fox2,
Pugh
invited
the teen
to his
Detroit
home
several
times.
The
complaint
alleged
that
Pugh had
inappropriate
sexual
contact
with the
complainant
at his
apartment
from
September
2003
through
May
2004.
The
complainant
was 14
and 15
years of
age at
the time
of the
alleged
contact.
Pugh has
been
charged
with
three
counts
of
Criminal
Sexual
Conduct,
which
carries
a
maximum
penalty
of life
in
prison,
or any
term of
years.
He has
also
been
charged
with
three
counts
of
Criminal
Sexual
Conduct
Third
Degree,
which
carries
a
maximum
penalty
of up to
15 years
in
prison.
Information
regarding
the
charging
of Pugh
has not
yet been
released
by the
Wayne
County
Prosecutor’s
Office
because
the
defendant
was not
in
custody
at the
time.
Push has
been
arraigned
on the
charges
and will
be
extradited
from New
York on
his next
court
date on
July 7,
2016.
Prosecutor
Worthy
said,
"Despite
what the
defendant
has
meant to
the City
in the
past, we
cannot
and will
not turn
a blind
eye to
these
alleged
facts."
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