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		</div><h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Winston town, mayor, arrested in police pedophile sting </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Kenneth Lewis Barrett mayor of the small Oregon town since Jan, was arrested Sunday</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Thought he was using Facebook to connect with a 14-year-old girl, but it turned out to be a decoy page, according to an affidavit </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong> Barrett, 71, &#8216;arranged to meet girl, 14, for sex after telling her he has the energy of a 12-year-old&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>The affidavit claims he spent two weeks messaging with the girl </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Discussed having sex with the &#8216;girl&#8217;, asked if the she wanted him to be a &#8216;bad boy or a granddad&#8217;</strong></span><strong> </strong></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>Faces charges of second-degree online sexual corruption and unlawful possession of a firearm, after admitting he didn&#8217;t have concealed weapons permit for gun found on him </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color:#1c0101;"><strong>If convicted could be fined up to $125,000 and up to five years in prison</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="overlay-icon mobile-gallery"><img class="alignnone wp-image-157533" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kenneth-barrett-after-winning-election.jpg" alt="Kenneth Barrett after winning election.jpg" width="800" height="600" /><br />
<strong>Barrett on twitter last November 8, when he won the Winston mayoral race</strong></h6>
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<div id="share-pictures-4" class="share-pictures-overlay"> The 71-year-old mayor of a Southern Oregon town was arrested on Sunday after allegedly using Facebook to set up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl, who turned out to be a decoy in a police sting operation..</div>
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<div class="mol-img-group floatRHS">leading to the arrest, <a class="" href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2017/03/oregon_mayor_accused_of_solici.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">The Oregonian</a> reports, Kenneth Lewis Barrett allegedly, spent two weeks exchanging Facebook messages with someone he thought was a 14-year-old girl, but was actually a decoy account police used to trap adults trying to solicit sex with minors.<br />
Barrett, who began his two-year term as mayor of Winston, Oregon, this past January, was arrested when he pulled up at a location in Myrtle Creek, Oregon, where he and the &#8216;gir&#8217;l had agreed to meet up.<br />
When cops arrested him, they found a 9mm handgun in his pickup truck.<br />
Barrett now faces charges of second-degree online sexual corruption and unlawful possession of a firearm, after apparently admitting to police that he did not have a concealed weapons permit for the gun.</div>
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<h6 id="share-pictures-2" class="share-pictures-overlay"><img class="alignnone wp-image-157535" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kenneth-barrett-being-sworn-in.jpg" alt="Kenneth Barrett being sworn in" width="729" height="976" /><strong>Kenneth Barrett taking his oath of office while being sworn in as Winston mayor on January 5</strong></h6>
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<div> According to the sworn statement, Barrett and the &#8216;girl&#8217;, started communicating via Facebook on March 5 when he posted a comment on a photo on the police decoy account. He allegedly said she was &#8216;hot.&#8217;<br />
When the &#8216;girl&#8217; revealed that she was only 14, he then supposedly sent messages encouraging her to &#8216;stay in school and work hard&#8217; and to avoid men with &#8216;sexual motivation,&#8217; according to the court document.<br />
Mayor Barrett later sent selfies and other pictures of himself to the decoy girl, but did not detail what could be seen in the images.<br />
A day after beginning communication with the &#8216;girl,&#8217; Barrett apparently told her that she made him feel like a teen again and made her promise to keep their exchanges a secret. He also claimed to have photos that he shouldn&#8217;t have, because he is a mayor — &#8216;but that is my business,&#8217; he reportedly wrote.<br />
During other messaging exchanges, Barrett repeatedly mentioned being the mayor of Winston and described himself as being &#8217;71 with the mind of a 17 year old and the energy of a 12 year old.&#8217;<br />
The septuagenarian allegedly, professed his love for the &#8216;girl&#8217;; thought it was fun to have a 14-year-old girl as a friend;<br />
Court documents claim he was excited that he was messaging a virgin and requested that she write sexually explicit poetry for him.He told her he was going to get a divorce and repeatedly talked about sex and asked if the &#8216;girl&#8217; wanted him to be a &#8216;bad boy or a granddad.&#8217;</div>
<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-157537" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/kenneth-barrett1.jpg" alt="Kenneth Barrett1" width="581" height="789" /><br />
</strong><strong>Mugshot shows Winston, Oregon mayor Kenneth Barrett, 71, after his arrested on Sunday</strong></h6>
<p>At one point, the affidavit said, Barrett also brainstormed ways that he and the &#8216;girl&#8217; could meet, including in a park or on Mars, where they could populate the planet together.<br />
The <a class="" href="http://www.nrtoday.com/news/crime/winston-mayor-arrested-on-sex-and-weapons-charges/article_d0f22a36-99c4-538c-9310-15b6a1ea2174.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">News Review</a> quotes Barret as telling the &#8216;girl&#8217; that he had been exposed to Agent Orange during the Vietnam War and was incapable of getting her pregnant, &#8216;But I can give you the real experience&#8217;.<br />
After two weeks of Facebook messaging, Barrett and his online lolita finally arranged to meet on Sunday in Myrtle Creek while the &#8216;girl&#8217;s&#8217; mother was out at work.<br />
According to the affidavit, Barrett again wrote about having sex with the &#8216;girl&#8217; and asked her to &#8216;please keep me out of jail.&#8217;<br />
On Sunday, at about 8.40pm Barrett walked into the police trap at the designated location. he drove up and sent the decoy girl a message: &#8216;The bad boy is here,&#8217; instead he found cops pulling up in a squad car, flashing emergency lights.</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-157531" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/main-street-of-winston-ore.jpg" alt="Main street of Winston Ore" width="856" height="527" />Kenneth Barrett is mayoy of the Oregon town of Winston[photo]. </strong>The main street of the 5,400 person town</h6>
<p class="imageCaption">Barrett allegedly told cops that he was merely there to meet &#8216;a lady&#8217; and buy her pizza, according to the affidavit. Later, he told an officer he thought the &#8216;girl&#8217; looked like she was 20 years old, and he only intended to get pizza with her and wanted to act as a father figure to her.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Online sexual corruption of a child in the second degree is considered a Class C felony in Oregon. Punishable with a fine of up to $125,000 and/or up to five years in prison.</p>
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