Former Mayor Will Plead No Contest to Child Sex Abuse
A former Sebastopol mayor has reached a plea agreement with Sonoma County prosecutors in a child sex crimes case.
Robert Jacob will plead no contest to six criminal counts, including lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 15; sexual penetration with a foreign object; distribution or showing of harmful matter; and unlawfully arranging to meet a minor to engage in lewd and lascivious acts. He will serve seven years in prison and will permanently register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors say Jacob, 45, sexually abused a minor that he met on a dating app. He invited other men over to his home to sexually abuse the boy as well.
The crimes took place between December 2019 and March 2021 — after Jacob’s time on the City Council.
Jacob is scheduled to be sentenced on March 23.
