Fairfax City Mayor R. Scott Silverthorne announced Monday that he will resign after being arrested last week for allegedly seeking to trade methamphetamine for group sex. [Will Fairfax Mayor Scott Silverthorne face jail time after his methamphetamine bust? Until then, council member Jeffrey C. Greenfield will serve as acting mayor, officials said. Silverthorne, the son of former mayor Frederick W. Silverthorne, had previously served nine terms on the city council, starting when he was 24. Silverthorne, a Democrat, was recently elected to a third term as mayor of the Northern Virginia city of about 24,000 residents.

Source: Washington Post August 08, 2016 15:00 UTC