Vermont Republican senator to face sexual assault charges

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Republican state senator who's one of the Legislature's most outspoken conservatives was arrested Thursday and will face charges of sexual assault, human trafficking and prohibited acts, state police said.

Norman McAllister, who's in his second two-year Senate term representing Franklin County, is to be arraigned Friday, police said in a statement without elaborating on the allegations against him.

McAllister was held Thursday night at a jail in St. Albans on $20,000 bail, said police, who had no further comment on the case before the release of an affidavit of probable cause at Friday's court hearing. He couldn't be contacted in jail, and a voice message left at his home drew no immediate response.

The case was investigated by the Northwest Unit for Special Investigations, a law enforcement team that investigates sex crimes and child abuse.

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[Archae]

1. I'm not surprised in the least...

Sounds like quite the pervert.

[SoapBox]

2. I suppose the pearl clutching crowd will say...

It's that O-bam-a's fault.

[oldandhappy]

3. Feel sad for Vermont, a good state.

No pity for the man. He earned what he gets -- child abuse -- ugh.

[LovingA2andMI]

4. Vermont state senator allegedly solicited sex from women in exchange for overdue rent: officials

A Vermont state senator allegedly solicited or accepted sex from two women to make up for overdue rent, officials said Thursday.

Sen. Norman McAllister, a Republican representing most of Franklin County, has been charged with sexual assault, human trafficking and prohibited acts, the Burlington Free Press reported. He got cuffed inside the Statehouse in Montpelier by plainclothes state detectives during a break in a legislative debate.

Little information has been released about the charges, and it’s unclear what relationship the women had to the senator or how their alleged arrangement worked. McAllister has yet to comment on the case and most of the state’s top officials, including Gov. Peter Shumlin, declined to publicly comment as well. A call to McAllister's home number from the Daily News was not returned.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/vermont-senator-accused-sex-assault-human-trafficking-article-1.2214901

[Doctor_J]

5. 20 grand bail for human trafficking?

Nice to have judges as friends

[Shrike47]

6. Basically, the crime sounds like soliciting prostitution. $20,000 bail seems reasonable to me.

[TerrapinFlyer]

7. Human Trafficking is a charge thrown at pimps all the time

If a pimp brings his prostitute over a state line, and money is exchanged, the charge is Human Trafficking. It is a felony and can bring 20 years. Many cities borders state lines, like NYC, going across a state line might be only 10 miles away.

It sounds like this Repug State Senator has rental property outside of Vermont, and was enticing the girls to come over to Vermont. Or maybe the other way around. Soliciting Prostitution is not automatically Human Trafficking, so it sounds like there are more serious issues going on... which means this guy might be going to jail for a long time.

[NBachers]

8. Norm McAllister Republican mug shot, as found in the Burlington Free Press

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/07/senator-norm-mcallister-arrested/70978704/

A sworn police statement outlining the allegations in more detail would be withheld until after the arraignment Friday, the state police said.

[catbyte]

9. Ew, just Ew...

[newfie11]

10. That what I just said EW!!!!!!!

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

11. Those women must have had HUGE rent payments! Fuck the 1%ers!

[Hoppy]

13. If he couldn't post bail, he ain't a 1%er. He may be a Republican puke but not a 1%er.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

14. Sorry - my attempt at humor gone wrong again.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

16. Apparently, that's just what happened.

[left-of-center2012]

12. "charges of sexual assault, human trafficking and prohibited acts"

Prohibited acts should include being a Republican.

[Eugene]

15. Human trafficking charge dropped (Vermont state senator pleads not guilty to sex charges)

Rachel Maddow just covered this story.

Source: Associated Press

Vermont state senator pleads not guilty to sex charges

By LISA RATHKE
1 hour ago

ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont state senator pleaded not guilty Friday to charges he tried to extract sexual favors in exchange for rent, used sex as a punishment and told a woman they could both earn extra money if she had sex with farmworkers.

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McAllister is charged with three counts each of sexual assault and prohibited acts. Police had initially recommended a human trafficking charge, but prosecutors said the accusations didn't match the spirit of that law.

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