Lawmaker who pushed for tougher punishment for sex offenders, is now accused of being a sex offender

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Last Edited: Wednesday, 06 Aug 2008, 10:49 PM CDT
Created: Wednesday, 06 Aug 2008, 10:49 PM CDT

ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI-myFOXstl.com) --

A St. Louis County lawmaker, who'd pushed for tougher punishment for sex offenders, is now accused of being a sex offender, himself.

State Representative Scott Muschany was indicted in Cole County Wednesday.

He was booked into jail on a charge of deviant sexual assault, a class C felony.

The indictment accuses him of having "sexually deviant intercourse" with a minor on May 17, 2008.

The victim was reportedly a 14 year old, whose mother worked at the Missouri Capitol.

"I thought I knew him," a friend of Muschany's said Wednesday. snip

They remembered as the two term legislator: a Republican "up and comer".

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. "... an up and comer"?

OK, I'm going to exercise some self-restraint here and not make the obvious wisecrack.

Now, I must go and rest. Perhaps take a sedative.............

[originalpckelly]

2. I really don't think the big issue here is that the person was a miner...

it's against child labor laws, yes, but still it's the point that this was a 14 year old.

[DainBramaged]

4. He just has that look Reich-wingers have

of Self-importance and 'do unto others until you are caught' look.

[kestrel91316]

3. A Republican? You don't say? Gosh, no one could have forseen THIS.

[TomInTib]

5. Foster parent and Christian School board president.

A pig at the trough.

I hope they nail his hide to the courthouse wall after they strip it off of his live body.

[varkam]

Hey, MO was the state pushing for a constitutional amendment to allow retroactive punishment...

of offenders. Irony is thy name.

[Crunchy Frog]

6. He's a Republican, so it doesn't count.

[Rageneau]

7. We should immediately jail anyone who wants to increase penalities against sex offenders.

It's the only way to get all these sex offenders off the street.