Tuesday, February 18, 2014

NAME THAT PARTY: Former US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe for Kiddy Porn

02.18.2014

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2012, file photo, former U.S. Rep. Melvin Reynolds announces that he's joining the increasingly crowded field running for the 2nd District seat vacated by Jesse Jackson Jr. A Zimbabwean immigration official told The Associated Press, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, that Reynolds has been arrested in the African country and is being investigated. The state-controlled The Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornographic material and violating immigration laws. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)

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Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Reynolds has been arrested in the African country and is being investigated. The state-controlled newspaper reported Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornographic material and violating immigration laws




HARARE, Zimbabwe –  A Zimbabwean immigration official says former U.S. Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds has been arrested in the African country.
The official, Ario Mabika, told The Associated Press Tuesday that Reynolds is being investigated.
The state-controlled The Herald newspaper reported Tuesday that Reynolds was arrested for allegedly possessing pornographic material and violating immigration laws.
Reynolds, an Illinois Democrat, resigned from his congressional seat in 1995 after he was convicted of 12 counts of statutory rape, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
The Herald said Reynolds was arrested Monday by police detectives and immigration officials at a Harare hotel.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy, Karen Kelley, said the embassy could not comment as it was a private matter and the embassy did not did not have a privacy waiver.
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