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April 14, 2021
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A former Democratic mayor has been charged with nearly a dozen felonies relating to sexually assaulting minors, Fox News reported.
Robert Jacob, the former mayor of Sebastopol, California, and a cannabis business owner was arrested by police April 10, a Sebastopol Police Department statement read. Initially, police arrested Jacob on five felonies and one misdemeanor sexual assault charge against a minor, as the statement noted. However, the number of felony charges was increased to 11 Tuesday when Jacob appeared in front of the Sonoma County Superior Court, according to Fox News.