{"id":1181189,"date":"2022-01-02T20:19:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1181189"},"modified":"2022-01-02T20:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T01:19:26","slug":"pennsylvania-democrat-commissioner-charged-with-raping-15-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-democrat-commissioner-charged-with-raping-15-year-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Democrat Commissioner Charged with Raping 15-Year-Old Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-democrat-commissioner-charged-with-raping-15-year-old-boy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1181189&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Marvin-Smith-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Democrat elected official in Darby Township, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old boy.<\/p>\n<p>Marvin Smith, a 50-year-old Democrat elected to the Darby Township Board of Commissioners in 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/darby-township-commissioner-marvin-smith-sexual-assault-police-investigation\/11404692\/\">turned<\/a> himself in to the Philadelphia Police Department late last week on charges of rape, sexual assault, and others related to the rape of a 15-year-old boy in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to investigators, on August 12, 2017, Smith was in his vehicle when he approached the boy and offered to give him a ride. Smith lured the boy by claiming to be a family friend, investigators claim.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>When the boy got into Smith\u2019s vehicle, Smith drove them to a park where he then allegedly raped the teen. Afterward, the boy told police that Smith dropped him off at an undisclosed location. The boy first filed a sexual assault complaint against Smith in April 2019 but an arrest warrant was not issued until November 22, 2021.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Democrat Town Commissioner charged with rape of 15-Year-Old boy in Philadelphia<\/p>\n<p>Marvin E. Smith, 50, Darby PA<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s unclear at this point why the investigation took so long since the victim reported the incident back in 2019.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c9uwrBnL6u\">https:\/\/t.co\/c9uwrBnL6u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 An Open Secret (@AnOpenSecret) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AnOpenSecret\/status\/1477735900343943172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Smith remains listed as a Darby Township Commissioner on the local government\u2019s website. Smith remains in police custody on a $100,000 bail.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2020, following a summer of riots by Black Lives Matter activists, Smith shared a meme on his Facebook page that depicted two black men with guns drawn at a white police officer\u2019s head with the caption, \u201cDoes it have to come to this to make them stop murdering and terrorizing us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Smith was <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/b7Ua8\">stripped<\/a> of his duties overseeing the region\u2019s police department.<\/p>\n<p><em>John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email him at jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JxhnBxnder\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat elected official in Darby Township, Pennsylvania, has been arrested and charged with raping a 15-year-old boy. 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