Bay Area council member accused of sexually abusing underage relative

San Jose City Councilmember Omar Torres has been charged with multiple felonies for sexually abusing a family member since the late 1990s when the victim was a child. Torres was arrested after offering to resign and faces charges of lewd acts with a child, oral copulation by force, and sodomy of a child by force. The allegations date back to 1999 and Torres, who submitted a resignation letter, is currently in jail with no bail allowed.

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