MICHIGAN POLITICIAN FACES INDECENT EXPOSURE CHARGE FOR PUBLIC SEX ACT

In Michigan, the resignation of Oakland County Commissioner Kim Capello is being called for by local democrats after Capello pleaded guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor charges of indecent exposure.

The 56-year-old Novi Republican County Commissioner was arrested on April 18 after it was reported that he was seen naked and having a late-night sex romp with a 37-year-old woman outside a condominium complex.

The woman, who was not charged with any crime, was not Capello’s wife.

Capello is to be sentenced June 3 and could face up to 93 days in jail.

“Rather than exposing our county to new job opportunities, Kim Capello has indecently exposed himself,” Mike McGuinness, chair of the Oakland County Democratic Party, wrote in an e-mail. “As a resident of Novi and chairman of the Oakland County Democratic Party I call upon Capello to do the right thing and resign from the Oakland County Commission. Obviously this is a difficult personal situation for Capello and his family. As a public official, however, Kim Capello has a responsibility to step aside when he’s no longer fit to serve.”

Capello, an attorney, is free on a personal bond. He has three children and was elected to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners in November.