The resignation Monday of Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher was followed by his tendering his resignation “effective immediately” at Tuesday night’s Township Board meeting.

On Wednesday, Brian Reed, township manager, issued a statement: “Kenneth Fletcher resigned from his supervisory position effective immediately during the Delta Township board meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 3, and it was accepted by the board. The township has also been made aware of an open criminal investigation unrelated to his duties as supervisor.  For any additional information related to this investigation, please contact the Eaton County Prosecutor or Eaton County Sheriff’s Office.”

The “unrelated investigation” referenced by Reed involves two felony charges filed by the Eaton County prosecutor, including using a computer to commit a crime and accosting a child for immoral purposes. Fletcher is schedule to appear in court on Sept. 16.

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Fletcher, a Democrat, had held the elected post since 2008, and was most recently reelected in 2020. He is the lone candidate listed on the November 2024 ballot and stands to likely be re-elected.

WLNS 6 News reported on Wednesday that “a detective with the Eaton County Sheriff’s Department was conducting an undercover investigation using the app ‘Grindr’ when the detective began a conversation with Fletcher. The conversation took place over two days from Aug. 13 to 14.”

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According to the affidavit obtained by 6 News, “Fletcher was chatting using an explicit user name. The conversation then continued on text messages, the detective said.”

Fletcher told detectives he believed the adult female detective with whom he was conversing was a 15-year-old boy. The detective and Fletcher arranged a meeting at the Lansing Mall. Fletcher said the purpose of the meeting was “just talking.”

Fletcher is married with three children. He admitted to Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigators executing a search warrant on his home on Aug. 21 that he had used the ‘Grindr’ app and text messages to speak with the detective posing as a 15-year-old boy.

On Aug. 21 investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force executed a search warrant on Fletcher’s home in Lansing. Detectives say Fletcher was home and after waiving his rights he admitted to detectives he had been using ‘Grindr’ and messaging, online and with a phone, a “male whom he believed was 15 years old.” Fletcher was home when the search was conducted.

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“We are reviewing with legal counsel the next steps under Michigan law for appointing a supervisor,” Reed said in his statement. “Township Clerk Mary Clark will serve as acting supervisor.”

He is married and has three children.

Fletcher is the second Michigan elected official busted this week for salacious crimes. On Tuesday, news broke that Grand Traverse County Commissioner Brad Jewett, 55, was arraigned on charges of soliciting a prostitute, prompting Detroit News political writer Chad Livengood to draw attention to Jewett’s party affiliation.

Livengood has not tweeted on the charges against Fletcher nor the fact he’s a Democrat.

Michigan’s Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel also tweeted about Jewett, but not about Fletcher. According to the Detroit News, Traverse City prosecutors referred the case to her office “for review because the investigation involved a local elected official.”

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“Public officials should be held to a higher standard, but when they stoop to committing crimes that harm their own communities, my department will seek full enforcement of the law,” she tweeted in reference to Jewett’s involvement in a police sting operation.

“Sting operations conducted by law enforcement are crucial to enforcing our human trafficking laws,” Nessel in a statement. “I’m grateful these resources are available throughout the State and commend the work of the Sheriff’s Departments of Grand Traverse and Genesee Counties, the GHOST team, the Traverse City Police Department, the Michigan State Police, and Homeland Security Investigations.”

As of Wednesday afternoon, Nessel hasn’t commented on Fletcher’s case nor whether her office will be involved. Neither has she commented on Fletcher’s attempt to meet with someone he believed was a minor, whereas Jarrett presumably thought he was meeting with an adult.