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Stockport Mayor Arrested On Rape Charge

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The mayor of a Morgan County village is behind bars accused of rape.

Prosecutor Mark Howdyshell says M. Shane Shuster is being held in the Southeast Ohio Regional Jail.

Shuster is the mayor of the village of Stockport.

The village has a population of 540 people.

Howdyshell says Shuster will appear in county court on Monday at 1:00 p.m.

He says Shuster already had an initial appearance in court where bond was set at $1 million.

Howdyshell says he did not want to discuss the details of the case at this time.