BREAKING NEWS – Fairfax, Virginia – Mayor R. Scott Silverthorne of Fairfax is resigning after his arrest last week in which police say he attempted to trade drugs for sex in a sting operation. Police set up a sting operation, posting a profile on the website that they expected would appeal to him. Within two days, police said, the mayor contacted the undercover officers through the website to set up a meeting, gave an undercover detective two grams of methamphetamine. At his arraignment, the Silverthorne’s attorney explained to the judge that it was not as bad as people think. He said his client loved sex and drugs, but did not like “rock n’ roll”.
