Charles Pugh

This article is about the politician. For other people with the same name, see Charles Pugh (disambiguation).
Charles Pugh
Member of the Detroit City Council
In office
January 1, 2010 – September 13, 2013
President of the Detroit City Council
In office
January 1, 2010 – July 7, 2013
Preceded byKenneth Cockrel Jr.
Succeeded bySaunteel Jenkins
Personal details
EducationUniversity of Missouri

Charles Pugh (born August 3, 1971) is an American former television journalist, radio personality, and politician from Detroit, Michigan. For ten years, he served as the weekend anchor at WJBK in Detroit.[1] He also served as the radio personality on CoCo, Foolish and Mr. Chase in the Morning and his own talk show, That's What's Up, which both originally aired Sunday evenings on WJLB.[2]

In 2009, Pugh was elected council president of Detroit City Council, becoming the city's first openly LGBT elected official. Pugh served as president from 2010 until resigning in 2013 and relocating to New York City.

In 2016, he was convicted of three counts of criminal sexual misconduct and sentenced to 5+1⁄2 – 15 years in prison. On December 22, 2021 he was released from Bellamy Creek Correctional Facility in Ionia, Michigan to serve a two-year term of parole. He will have to comply with sex offender registration for the rest of his life.[3][4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Pugh, Brown will lead revamped Detroit council". Detroit News, November 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "Former Detroit City Council president Charles Pugh released from Michigan prison".
  4. ^ "Offender Tracking Information System (OTIS) - Offender Profile".