Small-town mayor charged with four counts of soliciting sex from a minor

Monday, January 14, 2008 | 4:09 p.m. CST; updated 6:54 p.m. CDT, Monday, July 21, 2008

SPRINGFIELD — A small-town mayor was in jail in Newton County on Monday on four counts of soliciting sex over the Internet from a police detective posing as a 13-year-old girl.

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