Disgraced former San Jose councilmember Omar Torres pleaded no contest on Tuesday to child molestation charges on the same ...

His defense attorney had signaled that Torres would accept culpability for the crimes that scandalized the city; Tuesday’s plea has no negotiated conditions.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney confirmed that former San Jose City Councilman Omar Torres was convicted Tuesday of ...

The convictions stole the headlines from Election Day voting to replace the former council member, who resigned in November shortly before his arrest.

In a statement, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said, "Omar Torres has pleaded no contest on Election Day, which I hope gives the victim and all District 3 residents some measure of closure.” ...

Omar Torres pleaded no contest to three charges of child sexual abuse on Tuesday while polls opened to elect his replacement ...

A San Jose councilman who resigned because of sex abuse charges pleaded no contest on Tuesday to abusing a child in the 1990s ...

After the victim who was raped by Torres in 1999 saw news reports of the text messaging scandal, he went to the San Jose police station and spoke to detectives for the first time. Omar Torres is ...

The special election to fill the vacant district 3 city council seat in San Jose is now headed for a recount. It's still unclear who will take on Gabby Chavez-Lopez in a June runoff election. Anthony ...

SAN JOSE — Omar Torres, a former city councilman ... During that same call, Torres told the victim that his abusive behavior was at least in part a consequence of his own sexual abuse as a ...