The Ignoring Science Party
2023-11-19 07:34:03 UTC
A Darby Township commissioner has been arrested in Philadelphia
after police said he lured a 15-year-old into his vehicle and
sexually assaulted him in 2017.
Marvin E. Smith, 50, one of five commissioners on the Delaware
County townshipâs governing body, turned himself in Tuesday to the
Philadelphia Special Victims Unit; a warrant for his arrest had been
issued in late November. He faces charges of rape, sexual assault,
luring, corruption of a minor, and related charges.
Police said the victim told investigators in 2019 that he had been
sexually assaulted by Smith in August 2017, when Smith approached
him in West Philadelphia and offered him a ride home, saying he was
a family friend. Smith then drove the child to a nearby park,
exposed himself, then sexually assaulted the boy, police said. He
then dropped the victim off at âan unknown locationâ and drove away,
they said.
Smith, a Democrat, was elected in 2019 to represent the townshipâs
1st Ward.
after police said he lured a 15-year-old into his vehicle and
sexually assaulted him in 2017.
Marvin E. Smith, 50, one of five commissioners on the Delaware
County townshipâs governing body, turned himself in Tuesday to the
Philadelphia Special Victims Unit; a warrant for his arrest had been
issued in late November. He faces charges of rape, sexual assault,
luring, corruption of a minor, and related charges.
Police said the victim told investigators in 2019 that he had been
sexually assaulted by Smith in August 2017, when Smith approached
him in West Philadelphia and offered him a ride home, saying he was
a family friend. Smith then drove the child to a nearby park,
exposed himself, then sexually assaulted the boy, police said. He
then dropped the victim off at âan unknown locationâ and drove away,
they said.
Smith, a Democrat, was elected in 2019 to represent the townshipâs
1st Ward.