• A former Democratic mayor of a Northern California city has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sexual conduct with a 14-year-old child, officials said Thursday.
• Robert Jacob, the 45-year-old former mayor of Sebastopol in Sonoma County, had pleaded no contest to six felony offenses involving sexual misconduct with a minor in January and was found guilty, the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office said.
• “The victim should be commended for coming forward to report what Mr. Jacob did,” District Attorney Carla Rodriguez said in a news release. “His bravery in reporting Mr. Jacob’s crimes has made the community a safer place.”

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