Mr. Pride is not in favor of gun control. At least not on his arms.
Just hours after his luncheon appearance at the Santa Clarita Chamber candidate forum at the Valencia Hyatt, KHTS is reporting Johnny Pride was arrested.
Johnny Pride is being held at the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s station, after being taken into custody around 5:30 p.m. Thursday. While the exact reason for the arrest is not known at this time, KHTS has confirmed that the Sheriff’s Special Victims Bureau is conducting the investigation.
Pride is being held on $500,000 bail and is due at Newhall Municipal Court on Monday, March 8.
This doesn’t look like a publicity stunt given the involvement of SVU and the bail amount. Also, no word if Myers has offered to bail him out.
UPDATE: The Signal is reporting Pride was arrested on suspicion of rape:
Pride, 26, of Valencia was arrested Thursday at about 5:37 p.m., the report says, on suspicion of rape by use of drugs or intoxicants and was being held in lieu of $500,000 bail.
UPDATE 2: The Signal is now reporting more details on the charges:
Santa Clarita City Council candidate Johnny Pride has been arrested on suspicion of raping two 14-year-old girls, a sheriff’s report said.
He was booked on charges of rape, lewd conduct with a minor, sodomy, oral copulation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, the report stated.
The exact details of the alleged crimes could not be released because the victims were minors, said sheriff’s Detective Brian Hudson of the Special Victims Bureau, which is heading up the investigation.
TMS is also highlighting the exposure to children and the amorous side of Mr. Pride:
During his campaign for City Council, he said he works often with children and claimed to have started a nonprofit organization to bring them school supplies. However, the group he described was never registered with the state, as nonprofits are required to do.
Pride worked briefly for the William S. Hart Union High School District at Canyon High School in 2008 for less than a month, said district spokeswoman Pat Willett.
He was a walk-on coach and a substitute campus supervisor, though it was not clear which sport he coached nor whether he ever actually worked a day as a campus supervisor, she said.
Just after he announced his candidacy, Pride’s MySpace profile listed his hometown as “YOUR MOMS (sic) VAGINA” and his occupation as “Your moms (sic) boyfriend!”
According to Mr. Pride’s own posting on SCVTalk, his website and MySpace pages were hacked.
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