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· collected 2026-09-14 · by David K. Li
The City Council of Stockbridge, Georgia, voted unanimously to remove Mayor Jayden Williams from office due to allegations of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate sexual communications with a minor. The investigation revealed that Williams exchanged nude photos and flirted with an 18-year-old high school student. Despite admitting to the exchange and reimbursing the city for improper charges, Williams maintained these actions were not abnormal for his age group. The city now has six months to organize a special election following Williams' removal.
Written by the local model on 2026-09-14,
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Lawmakers in an Atlanta suburb removed the city’s young mayor, accusing him of misusing a municipal credit card and engaging in inappropriate, sexually explicit communications with a teenager, officials said Sunday.
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officials → remove → teenager
The City Council of Stockbridge, Georgia, voted 3-0 to remove Jayden Williams, 23, from office about 10 months after he was elected.
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he → vote → office
“The City of Stockbridge confirms that the City Council has taken formal action concerning the Office of Mayor following proceedings conducted pursuant to applicable City processes,” according to a city statement on Sunday.
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Council → confirm → Sunday
“As a result of that action, the Mayor has been removed from office.
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Mayor → remove → office
The city hired a law firm to investigate allegations against the youngest mayor in Stockbridge history.
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city → hire → history
The probe found that, late last year, Williams flirted with and exchanged explicit images of himself with a high school student who had just turned 18.
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who → find → student
The two had been chatting electronically, via text and Instagram instant messages, about the student joining Williams’ mentorship program.
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student → chat → program
When presented with text messages and evidence of these photos, Williams confirmed he had exchanged nude pictures.
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he → present → pictures
Williams had earlier told a local reporter that he didn’t remember whether he had ever exchanged illicit images with this young man.
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he → tell → man
“Is getting nude photographs via text message so unremarkable to you that you don’t remember when you get them?” lawyer Robbie Ashe, representing investigators, asked then-Mayor Williams during a marathon council meeting on Saturday.
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Ashe → get → Saturday
Williams insisted that sharing such material is commonplace for younger Americans.
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sharing → insist → Americans
“It’s not memorable nor is it abnormal for somebody my age,” he said.
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he → ’ → somebody
“That’s not abnormal for somebody my age.”
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That → ’ → somebody
The city now has six months to schedule a special election for the position, according to acting Mayor Elton Alexander.
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city → have → Alexander
“Removing Stockbridge Mayor Jayden Williams from office was a tough decision; it brings a fair and equitable close to multiple troubling accusations,” Alexander said in a statement.
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Alexander → remove → statement
Williams could not be immediately reached by NBC News for comment on Monday.
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Williams → reach → Monday
But a lawyer for Williams said the allegations against his client didn’t warrant removal from office.
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allegations → say → office
Attorney Robert Kenner also noted that any illicit communications with that young man happened in December last year, before his client took office.
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client → note → office
The former mayor also admitted to making improper purchases on his city-issued credit card, but claimed it was an accident — because the municipal card is the same color and looks similar to his personal card.
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card → admit → card
The city has been reimbursed for those purchases, Williams said, and no criminal charges have been filed against him.
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charges → reimburse → him
“Tonight was very disappointing,” Kenner told reporters after the council meeting on Saturday night.
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Kenner → tell → night
“I don’t believe that it was based on any evidence.”
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it → believe → evidence
Williams defeated incumbent Anthony Ford, 2,909 votes to 2,489 votes, or about 54.8% to 45.1% in November last year.
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Williams → defeat → November
Stockbridge operates under a city manager form of government so the mayor’s role is largely ceremonial.
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role → operate → government
The mayor only votes on council business to break ties.
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mayor → vote → ties
“The City will continue to conduct municipal business and provide services to residents, businesses, and the community without interruption,” according to the city.
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City → continue → city
“The City Manager, department leadership, and City employees will continue performing their respective duties in accordance with applicable law and City policies.”
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Manager → continue → law
Alexander, the interim mayor, said he will not run for the job.
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he → say → job
“I have no desire to be mayor,” he told reporters on Saturday.
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he → have → Saturday
“We have a council-manager form of government.
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We → have → government
What that means is the mayor’s position has very few powers in the city of Stockbridge.
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position → mean → Stockbridge
For me to run for mayor means giving up my ability to vote and I would never do that.”
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I → run → that
