A former five-term Boston city councilor pleaded not guilty today in Lawrence District Court to charges that he tried to seduce who he thought was a 15-year-old boy with sexually explicit instant Internet messages.
David Scondras, 60, is accused of using the name "Topdadd" to send graphic photographs and sexual messages to a man who identified himself as a 15-year-old. Lawrence police arrested Scondras on Monday in the parking lot of a charter school where authorities say he had arranged to meet who he thought was a teenager.
Police allege that Scondras was really communicating with a 20-year-old security guard who alerted an officer after he received a sexually explicit message.