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Oregon Mayor Accused Of Soliciting Sex With Teen Online

(Roseburg, OR)  --  The mayor of a town in Douglas County is behind bars after being accused of setting up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.  Kenneth Lewis Barrett began a two-year term as mayor of Winston in January.  Authorities are alleging that Barrett spent two weeks chatting via Facebook with an online decoy posing as a 14-year-old girl.  "The Oregonian" reports Barrett is facing allegations of second-degree online sexual corruption and unlawful possession of a firearm, after investigators said he admitted to having a nine-millimeter handgun without a concealed weapons permit in his pickup truck.

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