Without comment...

[+ dutchmuch]

Indiana mayor arrested on suspicion of paying for sex act

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By Eric M. Johnson5 hours ago

 

 

(Reuters) - The mayor of a southeast Indiana city has been arrested on suspicion of hiring a male prostitute who later blackmailed the elected official and withheld the fact that he was HIV-positive during their sexual encounter, police said on Wednesday.

 

Batesville City Mayor Richard Fledderman, 60, was arrested on Tuesday and faces one count of patronizing a prostitute, a misdemeanor, Indiana State Police Sergeant Stephen Wheeles said in a statement.

 

A second man, Randy Wigle-Stevens, 42, was also arrested on a felony-level charge of failing to disclose a dangerous communicable disease, as well as prostitution and intimidation, both misdemeanors, Wheeles said.

 

The arrests stem from an investigation that found Fledderman paid Wigle-Stevens for sex acts in June.

 

State police also determined that Wigle-Stevens failed to disclose his HIV status to Fledderman prior to engaging in the sex acts and that, afterward, Wigle-Stevens threatened to go public with the encounter unless Fledderman paid him additional money.

 

Fledderman was released from the Ripley County Jail later on Tuesday after posting bail of $550, and a judge released Wigle-Stevens on his own recognizance, a jail employee said.

 

The mayor did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the county prosecutor. Wigle-Stevens could not be reached for comment.

 

Police opened an investigation after Wigle-Stevens reported Fledderman forced him to perform a sexual act after the mayor contacted him for a massage at the mayor's home, about 70 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Wheeles said.

 

Fledderman paid Wigle-Stevens about $170 but the man later demanded extra money to keep quiet, the Indianapolis Star newspaper reported, citing court documents.

 

The newspaper also reported that Wigle-Stevens told police he was at Fledderman's home for three hours and the pair spent time discussing politics.

[+ purplekow]

Other than the obvious the most interesting tidbit is that the mayor had to post bail and the masseur did not.

[+ dutchmuch]

Wonder if Wigle-Stevens has favorable reviews?

[instudiocity]

I'm more interested to see if Wigle-Stevens wiggles out of it...

 

So the mayor gets a misdemeanor with a $550 bond and the escort gets a felony with no bond? Interesting.

 

I'm sure the escort's appearing in court and the mayor's home free minus the $550.

[+ Gar1eth]

I'm surprised they arrested either of them without physical evidence that a crime occurred.

 

Gman

[MiamiLooker]

One more example that clients do hire over-35 y/o and older escorts.

[+ WmClarke]

One more example that clients do hire over-35 y/o and older escorts.

Yeah, but who knows what his ad says!

[AdamSmith]

Yeah, but who knows what his ad says!

 

From past discussions re Dictionary of Escort Adspeak:

 

29yo

adj.

Def: 37yo

 

 

Conversely: 18yo = 16yo?

[Guest Starbuck]

Wonder if Wigle-Stevens has favorable reviews?

 

No matter his looks, sex skills, age, personality, discretion or cleanliness, at $170 for 3 hours, you'd think he'd at least have scored a positive review for affordability.

[Guest Starbuck]

Batesville City Mayor Richard Fledderman, 60, was arrested on Tuesday and faces one count of patronizing a prostitute...

 

Aside from the question of whether the escort has reviews, now I've started wondering if Batesville City Mayor Richard Fledderman is one of us.

 

If you're reading this, Richard, sorry for your troubles, but, y'know, $720 for the escort fee plus bail is still a good deal, financially-speaking. If only the sting of having to post bail ($550 of your total outlay) could have been avoided with a really big tip. You weren't a cheapskate, were you?

 

Or maybe it was that discussion of politics that turned the tide? I'm not so sure that was a good idea. After a great time with the very first guy I ever hired, I was told that the only thing left-leaning about him is his dick and I was really glad that I'd kept my mouth busy on that instead of trying to chat about Obamacare.

 

So, anyway, I guess the way things played out, this is the kind of thing that counts as taking one for the team. Be sure to mention the blackmail part in your review.

 

P.S. You're in Indiana, Man ... Sean Xavier is in Indiana. Not trying to tell you what I would have done except ... well, yeah I am.

[AdamSmith]

And such a wholesome all-American town!

 

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[+ sync]

My curiosity prompted a Randy Wigle-Stevens Google image search. Now I'm more curious.

 

I couldn't post it because the image's url is not one of the url's accepted into the forums.

[Guest]

I'm surprised they arrested either of them without physical evidence that a crime occurred.

 

Gman

 

You probably don't need physical evidence if the suspects confess. It sounds as if the escort essentially turned himself in. He's appears to be an idiot and an asshole. Ugly, too:

 

http://www.inkfreenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prositution-feature.jpg

[AdamSmith]

When you can't tell by looking who's the john and who's the hooker...

[+ Gar1eth]

 

http://www.inkfreenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prositution-feature.jpg

 

When you can't tell by looking who's the john and who's the hooker...

 

 

They are both handsomer than I am.

 

Gman

[Guest Starbuck]

They are both handsomer than I am.

 

Now, Gman, stop that. Or we're not going to take anything you say seriously ever again.

[+ Gar1eth]

 

http://www.inkfreenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prositution-feature.jpg

 

 

 

They are both handsomer than I am.

 

Gman

 

Now, Gman, stop that. Or we're not going to take anything you say seriously ever again.

 

 

 

Gman

[bigvalboy]

 

 

Gman

 

Always loved that one....lol

[rvwnsd]

Now, Gman, stop that. Or we're not going to take anything you say seriously ever again.

 

All you are doing is encouraging him, Starbuck.

 

When you can't tell by looking who's the john and who's the hooker...

 

You took the words right out of my keyboard.

[Irtwo]

I couldn't post it because the image's url is not one of the url's accepted into the forums.

 

What does that mean, are certain url's banned by Daddy?

[AdamSmith]

What does that mean, are certain url's banned by Daddy?

 

Not banned intentionally; just that the forum software happens to be unable to read/post certain image types.

 

I think (but not certain) this is the case with images that, in their source URL, are called via PHP from somewhere, rather than the URL ending in an explicit pointer to, say, a jpg or gif file.

 

Possibly deej could explain authoritatively.

[TruHart1]

When you can't tell by looking who's the john and who's the hooker...

 

The "escort" happens to look, in this photo,

 

You probably don't need physical evidence if the suspects confess. It sounds as if the escort essentially turned himself in. He's appears to be an idiot and an asshole. Ugly, too:

 

http://www.inkfreenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/prositution-feature.jpg

 

...as if he's been messing around the meth lab too long!

 

TruHart1

[rvwnsd]

Apparently, Randy Wigle-Stevens alleges the mayor raped him:

 

http://tinyurl.com/oh6f32e

[Lookin]

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