Awful stuff. The Toledo Blade has the article:
Henry County Commissioner Steven A. Baden was arrested in the commission office today on a warrant from Toledo police for attempted abduction of a 14-year-old girl in Toledo on Jan. 31.
“This is a first,” Henry County Sheriff John Nye said of the arrest of a county official during his 25 years in the sheriff’s office.
Mr. Baden, 39, of Hamler in southeastern Henry County, was turned over to Toledo police and held in the Lucas County Jail, sheriff Nye said.
Mr. Baden is accused of following two teenage girls who were walking home from school in SouthToledo. He allegedly waited in his car until one of the girls was alone and then chased her on foot. She ran to a friend's home and called 911...
...Mr. Baden was president of the county commission last year and had been a commissioner since 2003 when he was appointed by the Henry County Republican Central Committee to replace Richerd Bertz, who resigned because of ill health.
Mr. Baden was previously mayor of Hamler from 2000 to 2003. His term on the county commission expires in 2008.
