“You’re a man that the public thought they knew and trusted,” Wayne County Circuit Judge Thomas Cameron told 45-year-old Pugh last month, calling his behavior “reprehensible.'Ĭameron sentenced Pugh to 5½ to 15 years in prison on Nov. More: Alleged victim recalls sexual encounters with Charles PughĮarlier this month, Pugh arrived at the Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, about two hours from Detroit, to begin serving time for having sex with a 14-year-old boy more than a decade ago. More: Charles Pugh gets up to 15 years in prison for sex with minor But it was another side of Pugh that ultimately led to his demise: sexual actions with teens. He lost both parents before he was 8, yet managed to go to college and become a successful TV and radio broadcaster, then succeed in a new career - politics - with such vigor that many mentioned him as a possible future mayor of Detroit. Pugh's life has been one of triumph over tragedy, only to fall beyond the depths of where he started. “And he said: ‘I came to show you my braces.’ ”
“He said: ‘I got my first job,’” Arendt recalled. Several years later, Pugh returned to Murray-Wright High School in Detroit with an update. Get a degree and straighten your teeth, his teacher, Adolph Arendt, told him. Pugh knew he wanted to be a TV anchor so he asked: What do I have to do to get there? Charles Pugh approached his high school broadcasting teacher one day for some advice.
