Lawmaker Arrested for Trading Drugs for Sex

Suffolk County, NY legislator William Spencer (D), who is also a well-regarded doctor who served on an opioid task force, was arrested after allegedly trying to trade drugs for sexual favors, NBC New York reports.

“He believed he was going to meet a woman with whom he could swap pills for sex, officials said, but it was a sting operation set up by a task force led by the Suffolk County district attorney’s office.”