[LOCALMEMPHIS] The president of Jackson State University resigned Monday after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in central Mississippi.William Bynum Jr., 57, was among more than a dozen people arrested during the weekend in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, according to Clinton Police Chief Ford Hayman.
A news release from the Mississippi university system on Monday said Bynum submitted his resignation, and it took effect immediately.
Bynum is charged with procuring services of a hooker, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana.
Hayman said during a news conference Monday that the people arrested were responding to an online ad for prostitution services, and they were met by an undercover police officer at a chain hotel near Interstate 20.
The chief was asked if Bynum tried to convince police he was someone else.
"Without getting into particulars, yes, he was charged with that ‐ providing a false identity," Hayman said.