arrested Thursday night and faces seven felony charges related to alleged sexual encounters with one boy and another attempted sexual encounter with another underage male.Navarrete, a Democrat, is one of a handful of openly gay legislators in Arizona and serves as a member of the legislature's LGBTQ Caucus.
Members of the caucus, like Rep. Daniel Hernandez, have called on Navarrete to resign, and all 48 Democratic state legislators have done the same. “Abuse of this kind is intolerable and our hearts go out to the victims,” Arizona Senate Democrats said in a statement.Police closed in on Navarrete, 35, after listening in on a phone call between him and a 16-year-old accuser.