Charles Pugh
Charles Pugh (born August 3, 1971) is an American former television journalist, radio personality, and politician from Detroit, Michigan. For ten years, he served as the weekend anchor at WJBK in Detroit. He also served as the radio personality on CoCo, Foolish and Mr. Chase in the Morning and his own talk show, That's What's Up, which both originally aired Sunday evenings on WJLB.
Charles Pugh | |
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| Member of the Detroit City Council | |
| In office January 1, 2010 – September 13, 2013 | |
| President of the Detroit City Council | |
| In office January 1, 2010 – July 7, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Kenneth Cockrel Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Saunteel Jenkins |
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| Education | University of Missouri |
In 2009, Pugh was elected council president of Detroit City Council, becoming the city's first openly LGBT elected official. Pugh served as president from 2010 until resigning in 2013 and relocating to New York City.
In 2016, he was convicted of three counts of criminal sexual misconduct and sentenced to 5+1⁄2 – 15 years in prison. On December 22, 2021 he was released from Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan to serve a two-year term of parole. He will have to comply with sex offender registration for the rest of his life.