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MILWAUKEE — The mayor of Racine, Wis., resigned Tuesday, days after being accused of trying to arrange a sexual encounter with someone he thought was an underage girl.
Mayor Gary Becker’s attorney, Patrick Cafferty, said Becker intends to plead not guilty to the six felony charges he faces.
Becker, 51, was arrested at a mall Jan. 13 after chatting online with a state agent posing as a 14-year-old girl, police said. Becker went to the mall to meet the girl and buy lingerie for her, according to a criminal complaint. During the chat, he offered to take her to a hotel to “have lots of fun,” the complaint said.
