DC-area mayor faces drug charges after meth-for-sex sting

A northern Virginia mayor was facing drug charges Friday after his arrest in a meth-for-sex sting, police said.Three-term City of Fairfax Mayor R. Scott Silverthorne was arrested Thursday after meeting at a hotel with undercover detectives he connected with through a website used to arrange casual sexual encounters between men, police said.Police had an idea that they were pursuing the mayor from the beginning of the investigation sparked by a tip that Silverthorne was involved in a website, whe