Arizona lawmaker under fire after report of 1983 sex charges

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 6:54 pm CST, Friday, January 25, 2019

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona lawmaker who received national attention last year for his remarks on race and immigration was under fire once again Friday after a newspaper reported that he was charged with sex offenses in 1983.

The Republican House speaker suggested Rep. David Stringer should consider quitting, while Gov. Doug Ducey told reporters he stands by his earlier call for the Prescott Republican to quit. Republican Rep. Kelly Townsend said Stringer should quit, adding that she plans to file an ethics complaint against him on Monday.

The Phoenix New Times reported the charges Friday based on a copy of the case history the newspaper obtained from the Circuit Court for Baltimore City in Maryland. Stringer's record was expunged, and a court official told the New Times the records should not have been released. The official, Maryland Judiciary spokeswoman Nadine Maeser, did not respond to an email from The Associated Press.

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House Speaker Rusty Bowers said he was "surprised and extremely disturbed" to read the New Times report, adding that "charges of this nature cast a shadow on the entire Legislature and his ability to be an effective legislator." He stopped short of demanding that Stringer step aside.

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Rep. David Stringer

[RockRaven]

1. I saw the headline and asked myself: "Is it a Republican or a Democrat?"

Of course I didn't.


And, not that it matters much, this guy's dye-job is as obvious, and bad, as Manafort's was.

[greyl]

2. Republican David Stringer to stylist: "Give me the Ernest Angley."

Ernest Angley

[Judi Lynn]

3. My eyes! Wow! The look is big among certain right-wingers! n/t

[marble falls]

6. What is it with the RW and bad toups? If they got hair they shave it bald, if they're ...

bald they get a bad wig.

[AZ8theist]

4. That has to be about the worst rug I've ever seen....

[Judi Lynn]

5. It's an insult! It's like he's mooning people who have to look at him. n/t

[Polybius]

7. James Traficant still holds that record :)

[Judi Lynn]

8. Wow! It was a bit of heaven when Traficant finally left! What was he, anyway? A total nightmare. n/t

[Apollyonus]

9. He looks creepy too! n/t

[Izzy Blue]

10. WTF?

"The state cannot tolerate a man like that serving in elected office. He does not represent Arizona or its values," Braswell said.

Details of the charges against Stringer are unclear. The case summary published by New Times, which blacked out information about victims and witnesses, lists unspecified sex charges but does not detail the allegations. One entry says "charge is child pornography."