Posted on 02/18/2014 8:48:27 AM PST by NormsRevenge
HARARE (Reuters) - Former congressman Mel Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said on Tuesday, after state media reported the convicted sex offender had been found with pornography at a local hotel.
Police and immigration officials were investigating Reynolds for living in the southern African country without a valid visa, Francis Mabika, an assistant regional immigration officer, told Reuters.
Mabika said Reynolds has been in Zimbabwe since November, but declined to give further details.
Reuters was unable to reach Reynolds for comment. A spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy in Harare declined to comment.
The state-owned Herald newspaper said the former Illinois congressman had been arrested at a hotel in the capital Harare on Monday, where he had been found in possession of pornographic videos and pictures.
Possession of pornography is a crime in Zimbabwe.
He had also run up $24,500 in unpaid hotel bills, the newspaper said.
"I have been in this country 17 times where I have done a lot of work for the people including the fight against
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
Funny the story doesn’t say whether he is a democrat or Republican. My guess is democrat.
Former Illinois Democratic Rep. Mel Reynolds was arrested Monday in Zimbabwe after police learned that he was making pornographic films in hotels where he had accumulated $24,500 in unpaid bills, and that he had overstayed his visa by two months.
Well.... Reynolds is really screwed. He can’t possibly claim RACISM in Zimbabwe can he?
Reminds me of the time was as sitting in customs in an airport in Singapore.
A young kid had returned from who knows where and his personal items were being searched. The customs officials found lots of porn mags and a necklace that was made from a riffle casing, I think even a large large knife. Pretty benign by US standards but probably not a good day for the kid.
Where are the claims of “racism”?....ohhhh ummmmmmm....
'They denied me my passport so that I can contact the United States Embassy which is a violation of international laws,' he said.
'It's the way it is,' Reynolds added, defending himself and suggesting that he was the victim of a scheme to embarrass him.
...more details from the UK, naturally.
ALso, I believe he got into trouble as a Congressman for having sex with UNDERAGE GIRLS!!
$24,500 in UNPAID HOTEL BILLS?? OMG!!
Not enough payola?
Reynolds, a former Rhodes scholar, was a fast-rising star in the U.S. Democratic party when he was forced to resign in 1995 after being convicted of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
Another interesting tidbit that would have been in the first paragraph had he been Republican.
Par for the msm unfortunately.
Disagree. Would have been in the headline
As in: "Conservative Republican Senator, who is also an avowed Tea Partier, dragged in chains to jail for performing acts so depraved and unspeakable that decorum prevents them from being mentioned in this newspaper."
Paraphrasing Marion Barry:
“The witchdoctor set me up!”
Reynolds, a former Rhodes scholar, was a fast-rising star in the U.S. Democratic party when he was forced to resign in 1995 after being convicted of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography.
This should be top news that a pedophile was a congressman.
But our media won’t report anything negative about a black democrat.
Well, his ass is grass and they will take all his money before letting him escape to Switzerland
I guess it's no surprise one of this guy's fellow caucusers thought Guam could "tip over" if it had too many people on it.
Correct.
What jumped out at me was his declaration that he’d done so much good for the country that he should be allowed to break the law...
typical elitist liberal or what?
In Zimbabwe currency that's about seven cents.
You forgot two things...1) he blends in better in Zimbabwe (I'm serious,that's not meant as a flip remark)..and 2) he could very well have struck up a friendship with some government thug there.
Just thinkin' out loud....
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