The mayor of a Maryland college town was arrested Thursday morning on dozens of child pornography counts, hours after he resigned from office.
Patrick Wojahn, 47, faces 56 counts of possession and distribution of child porn, the Prince George's County Police Department said in a statement Thursday morning. Police searched his College Park home Tuesday and seized cell phones as well as a storage device, a tablet and a computer.
Wojahn submitted his resignation after business hours on Wednesday, city officials said in a statement Thursday. He was serving his second term as mayor of College Park, which includes the University of Maryland campus, after winning election in 2015. He previously served eight years as a city councilman.
In his resignation letter, which the city released, Wojahn said he plans to"deal with my own mental health" and asked residents to keep his family in their prayers.
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