Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly resigned in May as chairman of the city's Republican party after he was arrested for crack and cocaine, which he had been smoking in his car. Reilly was passed out in his car with a crack pipe at the time when the police approached his vehicle.
Authorities held the 41-year-old Republican without bail on Thursday after he was charged with multiple counts of child molestation.
The Providence Journal reports:
A complaint filed by the legal guardian of a 12-year-old girl led to a month-long investigation and Thursday's arrest of Matthew Reilly in North Kingstown, said Cranston's police chief, Col. Michael J. Winquist.
And this was just after he was charged with possessing a controlled substance.
Cranston police detectives and investigators from the attorney general's special victims unit arrested Reilly on Thursday morning with assistance from North Kingstown police, Winquist said, adding that the Cranston resident was taken into custody without incident. Winquist said he would not provide further details on the case.
Cranston police charged Reilly with first-degree child molestation, second-degree child molestation, and enticing a person younger than 16, Winquist said. Reilly is accused of crimes that allegedly took place on May 3, according to court records.
It's worth noting that Reilly is not a drag queen or a trans individual. That seems to be important to conservatives these days to use as a distraction. And holy cow, he is a 41-year-old perving on a 12-year-old child. He can't blame the drugs. You don't do a drug, then it automatically turns you into a pedo. Thankfully, he's being held without bond.
