South Texas town ousts sex offender mayor

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POTEET, Texas - A city council in South Texas on Monday unanimously voted to remove a registered sex offender as mayor, hours after the man was released from jail on new child sex charges.

The Poteet City Council declared Mayor Lino Donato's position vacant because he has missed three consecutive council meetings, city attorney Frank Garza said. Council members installed the mayor pro-tem to act as mayor until a decision is made on how to replace Donato.

Earlier in the day, Donato was released on $200,000 bond from the Atascosa County Jail. He was arrested last week on child sex charges involving a girl younger than 14. He faces charges of aggravated sexual assault, indecency with a child by contact and attempted indecency with a child by contact.

The new charges are unrelated to the charges Donato pleaded guilty to in October 2007: two counts of indecency by exposure and no contest to one count of indecency by contact. He accepted deferred adjudication and probation and was required to register as a sex offender.

Whole story here
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080930/ap_on_re_us/mayor_abuse_case

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1. Poteet is just south of San Antonio

Poteet is a town of about 3,500 residents located 30 miles south of San Antonio.

Here is the link to the S.A. Express story.


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