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Republican West Virginia Delegate Elliott Pritt has been arrested after federal authorities filed serious criminal charges accusing him of attempting to entice a minor. The arrest has drawn widespread attention across the United States, not only because Pritt is an elected lawmaker, but also because he worked as a public school teacher at the time of the alleged offenses.
According to a federal criminal complaint, investigators allege that Pritt first established contact with an eighth-grade student through the online gaming platform Roblox before continuing their conversations on Snapchat. Prosecutors claim that the communication gradually became inappropriate, with Pritt allegedly sending sexually explicit images, expressing romantic feelings toward the student, and encouraging her to keep their conversations secret.
Federal authorities further allege that Pritt asked the girl to meet him privately in his classroom at school. Investigators say they gathered digital evidence as part of the ongoing federal investigation, though the allegations have not yet been tested in court.
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The case has sparked strong reactions from lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle. Several Republican and Democratic officials have publicly condemned the allegations, with some calling for Pritt’s immediate resignation. Others have stressed that the American justice system requires every defendant to be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.
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