Ex-mayor admits trying to arrange sex with minors

Ex-mayor admits trying to arrange sex with minors
July 18, 2006, 12:31 PM EDT


BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) _ A former upstate New York mayor was sentenced Tuesday to more than three years in federal prison for trying to arrange a sexual encounter with two teenage girls.

John Gosek, mayor of Oswego from 2000 to 2005, admitted paying $250 to a woman he believed had lined up two 15-year-old girls for sex at a suburban Syracuse hotel. The woman was an FBI informant who secretly recorded her conversation with Gosek as part of a sting operation.

U.S. District Judge Thomas McAvoy sentenced the 59-year-old Gosek to 37 months behind bars. Gosek faced a possible sentence of five years in prison.
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"I know now I have a sickness, an illness or an addiction," he said. Gosek said he has been undergoing counseling with two therapists.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--mayorsentenced0718jul18,0,909679.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

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From 2005:

Oswego mayor released pending hearing in sex case

September 17, 2005, 10:37 PM EDT

OSWEGO, N.Y. -- Mayor John Gosek was conditionally released from custody Saturday after appearing in federal court to face a charge that he used a telephone to solicit sex from a minor, federal prosecutors said.

Gosek, 58, was arrested and jailed Friday night. On Saturday, U.S. Magistrate George Lowe released him with an electronic monitor and scheduled a detention hearing Monday. He is confined to his house.

According to court papers, Gosek was arrested after paying a confidential informant $250 to introduce him to two 15-year-old girls at a hotel.
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Gosek, a Republican, is in his second term as mayor of Oswego, a city of about 17,900 along Lake Ontario, 34 miles north of Syracuse.
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http://www.armchairsubversive.com/John_Gosek.htm

Miners need love, too! Sure, they are covered in dust and smell bad and have pale skin, but once you clean them off...

Oh, THAT? Why, that's HORRIBLE! Never mind.

What a surprise!

No, actually Mr. Gosek, this is a crime. Scumbag.

...are Republicans. I wonder if anyone is keeping track. The family values party, indeed. :eyes:

Soooprise, Soooprise, soooprise...

What is wrong with these stupid fucks, anyway?

i suppose we can add one more to the list.

Here's a list of Republican Sex Scandals, courtesy of dkosopedia.com -
http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Republican_Sex_Scandals

And, as an added bonus, Myth: Republicans Value Sexual Morality - http://www.dkosopedia.com/wiki/Moral_Values