BOISE, Idaho (AP) - The Idaho Attorney General’s office says longtime Idaho political figure Martin “Marty” Peterson was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Peterson is scheduled to be arraigned on Friday and has not yet entered a plea. It was not immediately known if he had an attorney.
Scott Graf, the spokesman for Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, said the office wasn’t releasing any additional information and the case has been turned over to Ada County prosecutors.
Wasden’s office said in a statement that the case was investigated by the Idaho Internet Crimes Against Children Unit.
Peterson spent decades of his serving some of the most prominent elected officials in Idaho.
He was the budget director for former Govs. John Evans and Cecil Andrus, served on U.S. Sen. Frank Church’s staff and on former Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s transition team. He was also previously the executive director of the Association of Idaho Cities and the Idaho Humanities Council and worked closely with the University of Idaho, including as the director of the university’s McClure Center for Public Policy Research and as an advisory board member for the UI School of Journalism and Mass Media.
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