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Cleveland, Kevin Fontanez, ss, Puerto Rico BB Academy HS.
2008 draft results 2008
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Fontanez made international headlines in 2007 when he was accused in a civil lawsuit of allowing the municipal government to hire a private company whose employees seized dozens of dogs and cats from public housing projects and threw them to their death from a bridge.
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Local FBI director Joseph S. Campbell said Fontanez was first elected mayor in 1988.
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Fontanez made international headlines in 2007 when he was accused in a civil lawsuit of allowing the municipal government to hire a private company whose employees seized dozens of dogs and cats from public housing projects and threw them to their death from a bridge.
The Seattle Times 2012
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He said Fontanez demanded a total of $190,000 for himself but received $55,000 in cash, sometimes accepting the payments while in his office.
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Municipality spokeswoman Bianca Vazquez said Fontanez was meeting with his attorneys and no one was available to comment on the case.
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He said authorities have audio and video evidence against Fontanez, who faces up to 10 years in prison if found guilty.
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She said the case was not taken to a grand jury in part because prosecutors felt Fontanez could represent a danger to himself or to others.
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Prosecutor Charles Walsh said Fontanez demanded bribes since last year for the sale of two municipal properties to commercial developers.
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Sol Luis Fontanez, who has been mayor of the U.S. territory's northern coastal town of Barceloneta for 23 years and is seeking re-election this year, was arrested at lunchtime, U.S. Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodriguez said.
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