NATIONAL BRIEFING / WISCONSIN
Times Wire Reports
Prosecutors charged Racine Mayor Gary Becker with child-sex felonies, saying he had gone to a mall for a rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl arranged after an online chat.
A state agent had posed as the girl, and the 51-year-old mayor -- who is married with two children -- was arrested Tuesday at the mall in suburban Milwaukee.
Dist. Atty. Michael Nieskes said during a news conference that investigators also found records of 1,800 sexually explicit chats on Becker’s computer.
Arraignment was set for Feb. 10.
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