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Republican College Board Candidate Allegedly Busted Masturbating Near Preschool

ā€˜I F*CKED UPā€™

Randy Gene Kaufman reportedly told an officer: ā€œIā€™m really stressed.ā€

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A Republican candidate for a college board was arrested after police say he was caught masturbating across the street from a preschool in Arizona, according to an affidavit. Randy Gene Kaufman, who is reportedly running for a seat on the Maricopa County Community College District Governing Board, was charged earlier this month with one count of public sexual indecency, court documents show. An officer with the Maricopa County Colleges Police Department said he confronted Kaufman while he was sitting in a Ford F150 pickup truckā€”less than 200 feet from a preschool. Kaufman was allegedly ā€œalarmed and surprisedā€ when the officer approached the driverā€™s side door. The officer then instructed Kaufman to pull his pants up. ā€œ[Kaufman] said to me ā€˜Iā€™m sorry,ā€™ā€ a transcript of the alleged encounter with the officer reads. ā€œ[Kaufman] spontaneously said to me, ā€˜I fucked up. Iā€™m really stressed.ā€™ā€ Kaufman also allegedly confirmed he was ā€œwatching pornā€ on his phone, but said he didnā€™t notice his proximity to an area with children until the officer arrived.

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