Commanding officer of Weapons Station arrested

The commanding officer of the Charleston Naval Weapons Station has been temporarily relieved of his command after being busted in an undercover prostitution sting by North Charleston police.

Capt. Glen Melvin Little, 55, of Goose Creek, has been temporarily reassigned to the office of the commander, Navy Region Southeast, in Jacksonville, Fla., said Scott Bassett, public affairs officer at the Weapons Station.

According to a North Charleston police report, Little was arrested about 9:30 a.m. Tuesday after having approached an undercover female police officer who was posing as a prostitute in the Charleston Farms area on Remount Road.

According the report, Little was driving a sport utility vehicle and had circled the area three times before he pulled into a parking lot at Remount Center and approached the undercover officer. Little motioned to the officer that she should open his passenger door and the two began talking.

Little asked the officer if she wanted a ride and she replied that she was "working," the report said.

The officer then asked Little if he wanted "business," and he said he did want "business" and asked her several times if she was a police officer.

Little offered to pay $20 for an oral sex act and invited the officer into his vehicle. The officer told Little it would be better if he were to pick her up in the rear of the building, where other officers moved in and took Little into custody, the report said.

Little was charged with solicitation of prostitution. He was taken to a North Charleston holding cell and released after a bond hearing Tuesday in municipal court, said Spencer Pryor, police public information officer.

Little was reassigned to Jacksonville pending the outcome of the inquiry into the case, Bassett said. Temporary command of Naval Weapons Station has been turned over to Little's executive officer, Cmdr. Gary Martin.