USA Wrestling staffer held in Internet sex case

AP News | 2009-07-08 23:23:51

<div id="subtitle">USA Wrestling administrator arrested in Internet sex sting</div><div><p>A 49-year-old Colorado Springs man who is an administrator with USA Wrestling faces charges of using the Internet to try to lure a child into having sex.</p><p>Mark Scott was arrested Monday and is scheduled to appear in Jefferson County Court Friday in Golden to be advised of the felony charges against him.</p><p>Scott's Bond was set at $25,000. Jefferson County district attorney's spokeswoman Pam Russell said Scott was still in jail Wednesday. No attorney was listed for him.</p><p>USA Wrestling spokesman Gary Abbott says Scott has been placed on leave. Scott is director of state services for the Colorado Springs-based organization.</p><p>Scott is accused of having sexually explicit conversations online with someone he thought was a teenage girl under 15. A sheriff's deputy was posing as the girl.</p><img src="http://admatch-syndication.mochila.com/images/ad.gif?aid=54522647&bid=informcom" /></div><div id="copyright"><div>


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