Lawmakers in an Atlanta suburb removed the city’s young mayor, accusing him of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, officials said Sunday.
\n\nThe City Council of Stockbridge, Georgia, voted 3-0 to remove Jayden Williams, 23, from office about 10 months after he was elected. The city of nearly 30,000 people is about 20 miles southeast of Atlanta.
\n\n“The City of Stockbridge confirms that the City Council has taken formal action concerning the Office of Mayor following proceedings conducted pursuant to applicable City processes,” according to a city statement on Sunday. “As a result of that action, the Mayor has been removed from office.”
\n\nThe city hired a law firm to investigate allegations against the youngest mayor in Stockbridge history.
\n\nThe probe found that, late last year, Williams flirted with and exchanged explicit images of himself with a high school student who had just turned 18.
\n\nThe two had been chatting electronically, via text and Instagram instant messages, about the student joining Williams’ mentorship program.
\n\nWhen presented with text messages and evidence of these photos, Williams confirmed he had exchanged nude pictures.
\n\nWilliams had earlier told a local reporter that he didn’t…
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