GOP party chairman who was busted passed out in his car holding a crack pipe is arrested again for child molestation

A city councilman in Rhode Island who resigned from his position last month as the chairman of the Cranston Republican Party after he was arrested on drug charges was arrested again this Thursday for multiple counts of child molestation, The Providence Journal reported.

In May, Matthew Reilly was charged with one count of drug possession and was released pending a court appearance on June 15.

His troubles began when a police officer responded to a call from someone who said they saw a man in his car who looked like he was choking. In police body cam footage of the incident, an officer approaches Reilly and wakes him up after finding him passed out in his car.

Reilly said that he had “sleep apnea” which is why it looked like he was choking, to which the officer replies that he saw a “crack pipe” in Reilly’s hand.

Now, a complaint filed by the legal guardian of a 12-year-old girl has led Reilly’s arrest once again on Thursday. He’s charged with with first-degree child molestation, second-degree child molestation and enticing a person younger than 16 in regards to crimes that took place on May 3.

Sky Palma

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