The president of Jackson State University in Mississippi resigned Monday shortly after his arrest in a prostitution sting that nabbed 17 individuals.
William Bynum Jr., 57, was caught over the weekend in Clinton, a suburb of Jackson located in central Mississippi, Clinton Police Chief Ford Hayman said. He was charged with procuring services of a prostitute, false statement of identity and simple possession of marijuana.

The suspects arrested were all responding to an online ad for prostitution services, and they were met by an undercover police officer at a chain hotel near Interstate 20 late Saturday or early Sunday, Chief Hayman said during a news conference early Monday.