Politician admits to lewd text messages MIAMI, Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A Miami politician has admitted sending lewd text messages to a married female prosecutor, officials said. Florida House Rep. Richard L. Steinberg is under federal investigation for a first-degree misdemeanor count of stalking, punishable by up to one year in prison, for sending suggestive text messages to Assistant U.S. Attorney Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos, The Miami Herald reported. Late Wednesday night, he told the Herald in an e-mail that he was behind the messages, which were sent from a phone using software to disguise the number. "I acknowledge and take full responsibility for sending inappropriate and unsolicited messages to Mrs. Marlene Fernandez-Karavetsos, whom I have known for more than 15 years," Steinberg said through a spokesman. I deeply regret and wholeheartedly apologize for the disrespect that I have shown her, her husband and my constituents. Fernandez-Karavetsos only responded to the anonymous number to ask who it was and to beg to be left alone. Steinberg has so far not been charged with any crimes.