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Monday, April 21, 2025
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Monday, April 21, 2025
Mayor arrested on suspicion of sexual assault
Police arrested a serving mayor in the northern Sharon region this morning on suspicion of sexual assault, a law enforcement spokesman says.
The suspect is said to have “attacked and sexually assaulted several women,” police say, noting that some of his victims had been working for him at the time.
The arrest comes after months of undercover investigation into the public servant by police detectives in the Lahav 433 major crimes unit.
Police say that investigators “detained others” this morning in the context of the probe, but do not elaborate.
Officers plan to bring the unnamed mayor to the Haifa Magistrate’s Court for a request to extend his detention.
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