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Disney Actor Who Also Appeared On ‘Scandal’ Gets Fired After He Allegedly Tried To Meet And Hook Up With A 13-Year-Old

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Actor &num;StoneyWestmoreland has been fired by the &num;DisneyChannel after he was arrested by police in &num;SaltLakeCity&comma; according to Disney officials&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Police allege that 48-year-old Westmoreland&comma; who had a recurring role on the Disney Channel show &num;AndiMack&comma; used a dating app to chat with someone he believed to be a 13-year-old boy&period; The probable cause affidavit stated that the actor used the app to send explicit pictures and to arrange a meeting for sex&comma; &commat;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;cnn&period;com&sol;2018&sol;12&sol;16&sol;us&sol;disney-andi-mack-actor-arrested&sol;index&period;html">CNN<&sol;a> reports&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">When Westmoreland arrived at the alleged arranged spot&comma; he was arrested by Salt Lake City Police and members of the &num;FBI Child Exploitation Task Force&period; Police records show that Westmoreland was arrested on charges including attempting to entice&comma; seduce or lure a minor by internet or text&period; He’s also facing four counts of dealing in materials harmful to minors&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;Given the nature of the charges and our responsibility for the welfare of employed minors&comma; we have released him from his recurring role and he will not be returning to work on the series which wraps production on its third season next week&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said the Disney Channel statement&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">He is most known for his role of Ham Mack&comma; the main character’s grandfather in &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Andi Mack”&period; He appeared in 38 episodes&period; The show is a coming-of-age comedy-drama that follows the middle school adventures of a 13-year-old girl and her friends&period; The series is filmed in Utah&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Westmoreland has also appeared in eight episodes of the show &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Scandal” as Secret Service agent Hal Rimbeau&period; His other TV credits include &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NCIS&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Breaking Bad&comma;” &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Better Call Saul&comma;” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Gilmore Girls&comma;” according to his IMDB page&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">It wasn’t immediately clear if he was still locked up as of Sunday and Westmoreland has not made a public comment on the case&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">We’ll keep you updated on all the latest&comma; &num;Roommates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"46451" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;disney-actor-who-also-appeared-on-scandal-gets-fired-after-he-allegedly-tried-to-meet-and-hook-up-with-a-13-year-old&sol;" data-secure&equals;"6042cd2d6f"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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