Former U.S. Congressman Melvin Jay Reynolds, the once rising star in the Democratic party who resigned from his seat after being convicted of statutory rape, has been arrested and detained in Zimbabwe on suspicion of possessing child pornography as well as on an immigration offense. The AP was told by an immigration official that the 62-year old former congressman from Illinois is being held in custody and is expected to appear in court. A state-run newspaper in Zimbabwe reported that Reynolds was arrested on Monday in a Harare after he brought several Zimbabwean models and some other women to his hotel room and took photos and videos of them. As he was being escorted into a police vehicle, it’s been reported that Reynolds demanded that officials give hime his laptop and mobile phone, presumably to delete whatever photographs and video that were taken.