Ruediger resigns from Streetsboro council after felony charge

- Lyndsey Brennan

Streetsboro City Council member John Ruediger resigned from his position Monday after being charged with sending inappropriate photos of himself to a 13-year-old boy. 

Police say Ruediger, 42, contacted the boy via Snapchat and appeared at the boy’s Mayfield Heights home on April 25. Four days later, Mayfield Heights police arrested Ruediger and charged him with disseminating matter harmful to juveniles, a fifth-degree felony.

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