Former Spokane newspaper editor accused of paying underage girls to send explicit photos

SPOKANE — A former Washington state newspaper editor was arrested on allegations of paying girls in exchange for sexually explicit images. Steven A. Smith, 73, was executive editor of The Spokesman-Review in Spokane from 2002 to 2008. Washington State Patrol detectives arrested Smith Thursday on 10 counts of first-degree possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct, KHQ reported. He declined a jail interview with The Spokesman-Review. At a hearing Friday, he was ordered held on $25,000 bond. The Associated Press was unable Friday evening to locate an...