California Dem Ex-Mayor Pleads No Contest to Multiple Child Sex Crimes

Former Democratic mayor of a Northern California city, Robert Jacob, has pleaded no contest to six counts of child sex crimes.

Jacob, 45, the former mayor of Sebastopol in Sonoma County, reached a plea deal earlier this month ahead of the jury trials scheduled for Friday.

The victim, a minor who turned 16 by the time of the hearing, testified that he met Jacob on the Grindr dating app.

The minor claimed that Jacob was aware he was underage.

According to the victim, he touched him sexually multiple times, invited unknown men to have sex with him, and sent him nude photos.

Fox News reported, the charges that Jacob pleaded no contest to include contacting the victim with the intent to commit a specific offense, arranging to meet the victim to engage in lewd and lascivious acts, and committing acts of sexual abuse against a victim under age 15.

As part of Jacob’s plea deal, …