CALIFORNIA IN BRIEF : SAN JOSE : Ex-Mayor Sentenced in Child Molestation
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A former Sunnyvale mayor has been sentenced to six years in state prison for molesting a young boy he met through the Big Brothers program. Brian O’Toole also was fined $5,100 by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Peter Stone. The sentence followed the recommendations of the county probation department, which called O’Toole “the proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing.” O’Toole, 35, pleaded no contest to one felony count.
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