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FOWLER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A Fowler metropolis councilmember and erstwhile politician is facing allegations of battle connected a Bay Area councilmember retired of San Leandro, pursuing a National League of Cities yearly league successful Tampa, Florida past year.
Councilmember Daniel Parra has been charged with artillery aft San Leandro City Councilmember Xouhoa Bowen accused Parra of making an unwanted beforehand and kissing her.
She filed a constabulary study with Tampa Police successful January and spoke retired astir the claims astatine San Leandro's assembly gathering earlier successful the week.
"Nov. 13, 2024, portion I was attending an lawsuit astatine the National League of Cities' yearly league successful Tampa, Florida, Daniel Parra, a subordinate of the City of Fowler City Council, physically violated me," she said during the meeting.
Bowen is besides the Vice Mayor of San Leandro. In the constabulary study filed, which YourCentralValley.com was capable to obtain, Bowen elaborate that the 2 knew each different professionally and shared however they were astatine a societal gathering astatine a edifice barroom erstwhile the alleged incidental occurred.
She wrote successful the study that aft she says they greeted 1 different that night, "We spoke portion casually dancing. Defendant made sexually suggestive remark astir my appearance. Defendant leaned successful and kissed maine connected the lips without my consent and without warning."
Private Criminal Defense Attorney and YourCentralValley.com Legal Analyst Mark King says cases similar these are precise rare.
"I've ne'er seen a lawsuit wherever idiosyncratic was criminally charged with simply kissing idiosyncratic against their consent. Technically immoderate touching that is unwanted is an assault," said King. "I've ne'er seen that charged successful a transgression ailment successful California, astir apt it has been, but it's rare."
King says if Barra is recovered guilty, the maximum punishment successful the State of Florida is 1 twelvemonth successful jailhouse and a $1,000 fine. He told maine if it were a lawsuit successful California it would beryllium highly improbable Barra would look immoderate jailhouse time.
"Something similar this with a archetypal offender would astir apt impact possibly a small assemblage service, nary clip successful existent custody, possibly a tiny fine, and that would beryllium it," said King.
However, this is simply a lawsuit successful Florida's Hillsborough County.
One cardinal portion of grounds helium says could marque a quality if this lawsuit moves guardant is surveillance video elaborate successful the constabulary report.
"Surveillance video tin wide up a batch of discrepancies 1 mode oregon another. Either thing happened oregon it didn't happen. If the video shows what is alleged to person happened," said King.
Parra has submitted a written plea of not blameworthy according to tribunal documents.
YourCentralValley.com attempted to scope retired to his lawyer for remark but did not perceive back.
His adjacent tribunal quality is March 31.
