A West Virginia lawmaker who spent his days teaching teenagers now sits in a detention cell accused of preying on one of them for more than a year. Delegate David Elliott Pritt, the Republican assistant majority leader in the state's House of Delegates, was arrested on Wednesday, 22 July 2026, and charged with enticement of a minor.
Federal prosecutors allege the 36-year-old, who also worked as a teacher in Fayette County, began cultivating a relationship with a girl through the online game Roblox when she was in the eighth grade, before moving the conversation to Snapchat. He now faces a single federal count that could carry a lengthy prison sentence, and mounting pressure from his own party to quit office.
