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Former Puerto Rico mayor to face trial in harassment case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A judge in Puerto Rico says there’s enough evidence to arrest a well-known former mayor accused of sexually harassing a policewoman.
Hector O’Neill faces seven charges including sexual abuse and lewd acts. He was being held Tuesday on a $50,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in court for a Jan. 4 hearing.
Police investigated claims that he paid nearly a half million dollars to the police officer and her boyfriend. O’Neill has said the case was privately resolved and that no public funds were used.
O’Neill resigned in June after serving more than two decades as mayor of the wealthy city of Guaynabo just southwest of the U.S. territory’s capital.
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