A former felony prosecutor in Eastern Kentucky has admitted soliciting sex and methamphetamine from people and using his authority to help them in court.
Scott Blair, who resigned as commonwealth’s attorney for Perry County after he was arrested April 12, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in London to a charge of honest services wire fraud.
The charge means he deprived the citizens of Perry County of the honest services he owed them as an elected official, and used electronic communication to further the crime.
Blair, 52, acknowledged in court that he used Facebook to send someone a message in July 2021 pledging he wouldn’t push to have the person’s probation revoked and solicited a sex act from the person.
In a later message, Blair told the person, “You should know I watch out for you . . .,” according to an affidavit from Zachary Bryson, an FBI task force officer who investigated the case.