Maryland GOP Senate candidate arrested for false child trafficking report days before primary

A Baltimore man running as a Republican in Maryland’s U.S. Senate race was arrested for allegedly making false reports to police claiming an adult bookstore was trafficking a young girl by forcing her to perform sexual acts with male customers. The Harford County sheriff’s office said Ryan Dark White, 54, allegedly provided false information to detectives in April about a girl who was 10 to 12 years old. Police arrested Mr. White without incident Friday and charged him with making false statements to law enforcement and a false statement of the commission of a crime.