Weird Former councilman found sleeping in car while holding crack pipe charged with child molestation

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CRANSTON, R.I. (WJAR) — A former city council member in Rhode Island who was arrested last month on a drug charge was arrested and taken into custody Thursday on child sex charges, including first-degree child molestation.

Sources told WJAR the latest allegations against Matthew Reilly involve a young girl he met online.

The Cranston Police Department said in a release that Reilly, 41, was arrested in North Kingstown on a warrant charging him with first-degree child molestation, second-degree child molestation, and enticement of a person under 16.

The arrest warrant resulted from an investigation by Detectives from the Cranston Police Special Victims Unit and the prosecutors from the Office of the Rhode Island Attorney General that began on May 7, 2023, after the legal guardian of a twelve-year-old girl (unrelated to Reilly) filed a complaint at Cranston Police Headquarters," police said in the release.

Former councilman found sleeping in car while holding crack pipe charged with child molestation

A former city council member in Rhode Island who was arrested last month on a drug charge was arrested and taken into custody Thursday on child sex charges.

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