Virginia mayor arrested for distributing meth

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The mayor of Fairfax City in Virginia has been arrested for distributing methamphetamine in exchange for sex, police said.

Richard “Scott” Silverthorne, 50, was arrested Thursday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County police said.

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