Danny Sparks resigned his position as mayor of Olive Hill Ky. after he was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana in the parking lot of an elementary school on Wednesday night, according to the Journal Times.

A weeks-long investigation by a interdepartmental task force into criminal activity involving the mayor of a northern Kentucky town concluded last night after he was arrested for allegedly selling marijuana to a police informant.

Police said they investigated him for weeks before making the arrest. The probe culminated with Sparks allegedly selling an unspecified quantity of weed to anundercover informant. He was charged with trafficking in marijuana within 1,000 feet of a school, a felony.

There was also an open container of alcohol in Sparks' car, cops claimed. Read more;